Chester Gould

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Chester Gould was an American cartoonist best known for creating the long-running detective comic strip "Dick Tracy."

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instanceOf American cartoonist
cartoonist
human
activeYearsEnd 1970s
activeYearsStart 1920s
awardReceived Reuben Award NERFINISHED
burialPlace McHenry County, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
created Dick Tracy NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1900-11-20
dateOfDeath 1985-05-11
depicted police procedures and crime-fighting technology in comics
educatedAt Northwestern University
Oklahoma A&M College NERFINISHED
employer Chicago Tribune NERFINISHED
endTimeOfWorkOn Dick Tracy, 1977
familyName Gould NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork comic strips
popular culture
genre crime fiction
detective comics
givenName Chester NERFINISHED
hasChild Jean Gould O’Connell NERFINISHED
another daughter
influenced crime and detective comic strips
superhero comics aesthetics
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf National Cartoonists Society NERFINISHED
name Chester Gould NERFINISHED
notableCharacterCreated Big Boy NERFINISHED
Dick Tracy NERFINISHED
Flattop NERFINISHED
Pruneface NERFINISHED
notableFor creating the long-running detective comic strip Dick Tracy
notableWork Dick Tracy NERFINISHED
occupation cartoonist
comic strip creator
placeOfBirth Pawnee, Oklahoma, United States NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Woodstock, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States
Woodstock, Illinois, United States NERFINISHED
signatureWork Dick Tracy daily and Sunday strips NERFINISHED
spouse Edna Gauger Gould NERFINISHED
startTimeOfWorkOn Dick Tracy, 1931
style high-contrast, hardboiled crime cartooning
workedOn Chicago Tribune comic strip pages

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Dick Tracy creator Chester Gould