George Hager was a Seattle illustrator and editorial cartoonist who worked for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer in the early 20th century.[2] He was the son of another Seattle cartoonist, John Hager.[2] He is known for being the first illustrator to show the Pike Place Market in Seattle.
George Hager | |
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 Caricature of Hager, done by one of the members of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club for the club's 1911 book about Seattleites | |
| Born | Luther George Hager March 1885 Indiana |
| Education | Arts Student League, New York and University of Washington, Seattle |
| Known for | Drawing |
| Notable work | The Adventures of the Waddles |
| Spouse | Beatrice Holbrook Dearborn[1] |
| Children | 1 |
Hager also edited children's page for the Christian Science Monitor[2] He studied art at the University of Washington and the Arts Student League in New York, where another Seattle cartoonist, William Charles McNulty taught.[2] He was also a member of the Seattle Cartoonists' Club, and illustrated several of the men in the club's book, The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men.[3]
Comic strip, The Waddles
editWaddles was a duck drawn by Hager for the Christian Science Monitor in the cartoon strip The Adventures of the Waddles. According to the Seattle Daily Times, Waddles was a continuation of his father's duck, associated with the weather man.[4] John Hager had to discontinue his illustrating when his eyes went, and his children ran the Waddles comic strip.[5] John's daughter, Mrs. George Dearborne, wrote the rhyming lines to go with the cartoon, while son George Hager did the illustration.[4][5]
References
edit- ^ Seattle Daily Times, January 1, 1910, page 1. "Rich young woman will wed artist: Beatrice Holbrook Dearborn, Daughter of Seattle Pioneer, to be Married to Luther George Hager Tonight".
- ^ a b c d McCormick, Mike (January 7, 1996), "Forecaster Famous in Seattle", Terra Haute Tribune Star, section B, p. 7, retrieved 2012-02-20[permanent dead link]
- ^ Calvert, Frank (1911). The Cartoon; A Reference Book of Seattle's Successful Men. Seattle, Washington: The Press of Trustee Printing Company.
- ^ a b Seattle Daily Times, November 9, 1935, page2, column 2. Strolling around the town.
- ^ a b Allan Holz, The Stripper's Guide blog. The Adventures of the Waddles: Week 1. October 4, 2007.
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