AKA Richard Felton Outcault

Born: 14-Jan-1863
Birthplace: Lancaster, OH
Died: 25-Sep-1928
Location of death: Flushing, NY
Cause of death: Cirrhosis of the Liver
Remains: Buried, Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery, Glendale, CA

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Occupation: Cartoonist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Yellow Kid

Creator of the first "modern comic strip", the Yellow Kid, though part of his debt in the form is to Rodolphe T�pffer.

Created the character "Buster Brown" in 1902.

    The New York World Cartoonist
    Risk Factors: Alcoholism

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