Gene Carr (cartoonist)


Gene Carr was an American cartoonist.
Carr was one of the most active early New York City artists in the young field of comic strips. He was doing newspaper cartoons by age 15 and two years later was working for the William Randolph Hearst papers. Carr is considered a pioneer of the use of sequential panels. He did cartoons for the New York Herald, New York World and the New York Evening Journal.
Carr's comic strip Lady Bountiful, debuted in Heart's newspapers in 1902 as a Sunday-comics filler, and the following year jumped to publisher Joseph Pulitzer's The New York World, appearing as the cover feature of May 3, 1903. The strip's star, notes comics scholar Don Markstein "has been cited by many comics historians and commentators as the very first" female protagonist of a comic strip, cautioning, "Maybe she is. It's certainly difficult to think of any that were in print before her 1902 debut."
Carr is the father of illustrator Cléanthe Carr.

Comic strips and panels

Source:

For the Hearst Syndicate

  • ''Lady Bountiful''

For ''The New York World''

Bill and the Jones Boys — Sunday stripBuddy's Baby Sister — Sunday stripDearie — Sunday stripDuddy's Baby Sister — Sunday strip Everyday Movies — gag panelHome Sweet Home — Sunday strip Kitty Kildare Lady Bountiful Little Darling Major Stuff — Sunday strip Mr. Al Most — Sunday stripPansy's Pal Phyllis — Sunday stripPoor Mr. W The Prodigal Son — Sunday strip Reddy and Caruso — Sunday strip Romeo — Sunday strip Step-Brothers — Sunday strip

Books

Carr's cartoons also appeared in reprint books and on postcards.