Gene Carr (cartoonist)

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Gene Carr (7 January 1881 - 9 December 1959) was a United States cartoonist.

Carr's Lady Bountiful (shown here in 1916) debuted in 1902 and is said to be the first female newspaper cartoon protagonist
Carr's Lady Bountiful (shown here in 1916) debuted in 1902 and is said to be the first female newspaper cartoon protagonist

He was one of the most active early New York City artists in the young field of comic strips. He was doing newspaper cartoons by age 15 and two years later was working for the William Randolph Hearst papers. Carr is considered a pioneer of the use of sequential panels. He did cartoons for the New York Herald, New York World and New York Evening Journal. His popular cartoons also appeared in reprint books and on postcards.

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