Dave Gerard

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Dave Gerard (1909-2003) was a prolific magazine humor cartoonist from the 1940s through the 1960s, most notably for Collier’s Weekly, Country Gentleman and The Saturday Evening Post. [1]

A Gerard panel from The Saturday Evening Post, 04/09/1949: "In about 15 minutes I'm taking a nap. How about beating the drum now and reading the comics later?"
A Gerard panel from The Saturday Evening Post, 04/09/1949: "In about 15 minutes I'm taking a nap. How about beating the drum now and reading the comics later?"

Gerard was a 1931 graduate of Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. [2] He was among the Crawfordsville-area cartoonists known as “The Sugar Crick Art School,” Bill Holman perhaps being the most famous of the group. [3]

Between 1953 and 1966, Gerard drew the newspaper comic strip Will-Yum. Will-Yum was also featured in a Dell comic book. Gerard was also the creator of Citizen Smith, a strip that featured an everyman beset by everyday frustrations; this work appeared in The Indianapolis Star in the 1970's and 1980's. [4]

Dave Gerard was the mayor of Crawfordsville, Indiana from 1972 to 1976. [5]

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  1. ^ George Glazer Gallery - Antique Globes - Cram's Toy Globe by Dave Gerard
  2. ^ George Glazer Gallery - Antique Globes - Cram's Toy Globe by Dave Gerard
  3. ^ Zach, Karen Bazzani. Crawfordsville, Athens of Indiana. The making of America series. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003, p. 108. http://books.google.com/books?id=Hq5BEXgBf78C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Zach,+Karen+Bazzani.+Crawfordsville&ei=0z54R57FB5CYiwGfncXjCw&sig=Oah1uRu4a1YlGWasNbUev4FLiuA#PPA108,M1
  4. ^ Comic creator: Dave Gerard
  5. ^ Comic creator: Dave Gerard