1. George S Wunder was an American cartoonist best known for his 26 years illustrating the Terry and the Pirates comic strip.
10 Facts About George Wunder
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George Wunder submitted samples, and the Tribune-News Syndicate chose George Wunder as Caniff's replacement.
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George Wunder drew dramatic and highly detailed pictures, but comics historian Maurice Horn claimed it was difficult to tell one character from another and wrote that George Wunder's stories lacked Caniff's essential humor.
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George Wunder drew ugly people, even young women, which was certainly a curious trait, but he was one of the very best inkers in the business.
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In mid 1962 former EC Comics and Classics Illustrated artist George Evans came on board as Wunder's assistant on the daily strip.
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The strip was being carried in 100 newspapers when George Wunder retired in 1973.
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When George Wunder, who lived in Sherman, Connecticut, announced his retirement, the syndicate chose to cancel the strip on February 25,1973.
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George Wunder died of a heart attack in the New Milford Hospital on Sunday, December 13,1987, survived by his wife, Mildred, and his sister, Beatrice Bogert of Riverdale, New Jersey.
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George Wunder's Our Guest Star was a 1955 promotional strip featuring characters from Terry and the Pirates with cameo appearances by film stars and other celebrities.
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George Wunder was a member of the Illustrators Club and the National Cartoonists Society.