Origins: Marmaduke
Phil Leeming (ca. 1915 – 1962) has disappeared from the history books, or at least has been demoted to assistant gagwriter after the fact. From the 2004 syndicate promotional ad for the Marmaduke panel: [Brad] Anderson created the character of Marmaduke in 1953. While cartoonist Brad Anderson (1924 – 2015) was certainly integral to the […]