About Edward D. Kuekes
Lived 1901 – 1987 (aged 85). Edward D. Kuekes was an American editorial cartoonist, journalist and comics artist.
Edward Daniel Kuekes (February 2, 1901 – January 13, 1987) Early influences on his work were Gaar Williams, Ding Darling, and Billy Ireland. His career at the Plain Dealer began in 1922 as understudy to editorial cartoonist Hal Donahey.
Kuekes also drew a number of comic strips. With writer Olive Ray Scott, he drew the strip Alice in Wonderland and its accompanying strip Knurl the Gnome for United Features Syndicate in 1934. For the Plain Dealer, he drew the Sunday comic strip Funny Fables from 1935 to 1937 and this work was collected in a 1938 book, Funny Fables: Modern Interpretations of Famous Fabulists. With Steve Freely, he drew the daily panel strip Do You Believe for the LaFave Newspaper Features from 1955 to 1962.
Kuekes died in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
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editorial cartoonist
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Edward D. Kuekes was born on 2 February 1901.
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Edward D. Kuekes died on 13 January 1987.
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Edward D. Kuekes was an editorial cartoonist, journalist and comics artist.
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