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First Weatherbird appearance, February 11, 1901, drawn by Harry B. Martin. The Weatherbird is a cartoon character and a single-panel comic.It is printed on the front of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and has been in the paper continuously since 1901, making it the longest-running American newspaper cartoon and a mascot of the newspaper.
It usually takes Martin about 45 minutes to create a Weatherbird cartoon. [6] Martin also drew the weekly cartoon "Postcard From Mound City" for the Post-Dispatch editorial page [1] ("Mound City" is a nickname for St. Louis, based on the nearby Cahokia Mounds). Martin went into semi-retirement in 2023.
"Weatherbird" is the oldest continuously published cartoon in the United States. Created by Harry B. Martin , who drew it through 1903, it has since been drawn by Oscar Chopin (1903–1910); S. Carlisle Martin (1910–1932); Amadee Wohlschlaeger (1932–1981); Albert Schweitzer, the first one to draw the Weatherbird in color (1981–1986); and ...
Oscar Charles Chopin (September 24, 1873 – December 28, 1932) was an American artist known for his cartoon illustrations that appeared in several newspapers. He drew the St. Louis Post-Dispatch's Weatherbird cartoon from 1903 to 1910.
Martin's first Weatherbird, February 11, 1901 Harry B. "Dickie" Martin (26 May 1873– 15 April 1959 [ 1 ] ) was an American cartoonist and golf writer, one of the founding members of the Professional Golfers' Association of America (PGA).
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He drew the Weatherbird, usually accompanied by a pithy observation on current events, from 1932 to 1981. His Weatherbird marked D-Day, the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and many other notable events. [1] He was succeeded as illustrator by Albert Schweitzer. [5] Wohlschlaeger drew his first sports cartoon for the paper in 1936. [1]