Hal Rasmusson
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Hal Rasmusson was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip
Aggie Mack
about a teenage girl.
Born in Crookston, Minnesota
, Rasmusson grew up in Minneapolis, where he attended the Minneapolis School of Art for two years. He started his career doing fashion illustration. Moving to Chicago, he freelanced for several years, eventually taking a job creating Gibson greeting cards
in Cincinnati for five years. He married and moved to New York where he worked as an art director for five years. Returning to Minneapolis, he spent nine years as art director of greeting cards with the Buzza Company.
in 1946. He also drew the accompanying strip Honey Bun until 1953. He wrote and illustrated a how-to book on drawing, Modern Cartoon (Walter T. Foster
, 1950).
Aggie Mack ran until his death in 1961.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Aggie Mack
Aggie Mack
Aggie Mack was a newspaper comic strip about a teenage girl. Created by Hal Rasmusson, it was distributed by the Chicago Tribune Syndicate beginning in 1946. It had a 26-year run, with a title change to Aggie during the final six years....
about a teenage girl.
Born in Crookston, Minnesota
Crookston, Minnesota
As of the census of 2000, there were 8,192 people, 3,078 households, and 1,819 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,658.8 people per square mile . There were 3,382 housing units at an average density of 684.8 per square mile...
, Rasmusson grew up in Minneapolis, where he attended the Minneapolis School of Art for two years. He started his career doing fashion illustration. Moving to Chicago, he freelanced for several years, eventually taking a job creating Gibson greeting cards
American Greetings
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in Cincinnati for five years. He married and moved to New York where he worked as an art director for five years. Returning to Minneapolis, he spent nine years as art director of greeting cards with the Buzza Company.
Comic strips
He launched Aggie Mack with the Chicago Tribune SyndicateTribune Media Services
Tribune Media Services is a syndication company owned by the Tribune Company.The company has two divisions, "News and Features" and "Entertainment Products"...
in 1946. He also drew the accompanying strip Honey Bun until 1953. He wrote and illustrated a how-to book on drawing, Modern Cartoon (Walter T. Foster
Walter T. Foster
Walter T. Foster was an American entrepreneur, artist, art instructor, writer and publisher. While residing in Laguna Beach, California, Foster owned and operated an advertising agency, where he worked with many local artists and illustrators. Through his friends in the art community, he...
, 1950).
Aggie Mack ran until his death in 1961.