Julie Larson

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Julie Larson is an American cartoonist who draws the single panel comic strip The Dinette Set. The panel began in 1990 under the title Suburban Torture, and has been syndicated since 1997. The comic features the Penny family and their banal existence in American suburbia; it is distributed by Creators Syndicate.[1]

[edit] About Julie Larson

Julie Larson grew up in a family of five kids in Lincoln, Illinois. Drawing was her hobby.[1]

Julie played competitive tennis until college. She earned a BS in Architecture from the University of Illinois and spent the next eight years working in the design field. In 1989, after her first of three daughters was born, Julie and her family moved from Chicago to the suburbs.[1]

Julie began writing The Dinette Set comic in 1990, then called Suburban Torture, offering a satire on middle class culture. The Dinette Set became syndicated in 1997.[1]

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  1. ^ a b c d Dinette Set - Meet the Author