Where Was Chester Gould Born
On october 4 1931 dick tracy first appeared in the detroit mirror one of the tribune owned papers then in the new york daily news then the chicago tribune and on and on taking the country by storm.
Where was chester gould born. Chester gould was interested in comics from an early age. His father was a printer and editor of the local paper. He was born in in pawnee oklahoma. Dick tracy was born.
Chester gould was born to gilbert r. Chester gould born nov. 20 1900 pawnee okla u s died may 11 1985 woodstock ill american cartoonist who created dick tracy the detective action comic strip that became the first popular cops and robbers series. His father gilbert r.
Gould studied cartooning through a correspondence school briefly drew sports cartoons in oklahoma. After graduating from the chicago art institute in 1923 gould went to work for a chicago area newspaper. From a very early age gould became fascinated by comics and cartooning and was a particular devotee of bud fisher s mutt and jeff. Gould was a printer.
He wrote and drew several strips while attending oklahoma a m university and at northwestern university where he graduated in 1921. Gould the son of a minister and alice maud née miller.