Norman W. Marsh

Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48 (1933). Cover art by Marsh

Norman Winfield Marsh (February 25, 1898 – February 10, 1980)[1][2] was an American cartoonist.

Biography

Marsh lived in Los Angeles.[3]

Comic strips

Norman Marsh's career as a cartoonist began c. 1922.[4] Circa 1947, he founded his own syndicate, Marsh Features Syndicate.[5][2]

Marsh created the character Dan Dunn in Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48, a 9 1/2 x 12-inch[6] or 10 x 13-inch[7] comics publication with black-and-white newsprint pages, published by Humor Publishing Company in 1933.[6] It had a three-color cardboard cover and sold for 10 cents.[7]

Other strips Marsh is known to have worked on include Red Ryder, Hunter Keene, and Danny Hale.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Norman Winfield Marsh". California Death Index, 1940-1997 via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Norman Marsh at the Lambiek Comiclopedia.Retrieved on September 18, 2016. Note: Source gives birth and death dates as 1901-1981.
  3. ↑ Letters from Marsh written in 1962, stored in the National Archives, list his address as 3820 Buena Park Drive, Studio City, California.
  4. ↑ In a letter from Marsh dated April 9, 1962, he claimed to have been a successful cartoonist for "nearly 40 years". See https://catalog.archives.gov/id/26127686
  5. ↑ "catalog.archives.gov/id/26127686". catalog.archives.gov. Retrieved 2016-09-18.
  6. 1 2 Detective Dan: Secret Operative No. 48 at the Grand Comics Database.
  7. 1 2 Coville, James. "Newsstand Period 1922 - 1955". TheComicBooks.com. Retrieved October 6, 2016.
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