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1961 Jersey Journal
The Smith Family continues to bring joy and laughter to readers, thanks to its timeless appeal and the enduring talent of George and Virginia Smith. Their legacy lives on through their website, www.thsmithstrip.com, where fans can revisit their favorite strips and explore the charming world of the Smith family. George and Virginia Smith's creation is a testament to the power of storytelling and the universal themes that bind us all together. Through The Smith Family, they have left an indelible mark on the world of comic strips, reminding us of the beauty and humor that can be found in the everyday moments of family life.
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The top 25 cartoonists in sales for 1950 were
The following statistics are the result of a recent survey of 242 issues of the nine magazines published in 1950 which were the major cartoon markets. Of the 3000 cartoons printed, 1282 were used by the Post, 635 by Collier's, 122 by Argosy, 115 by Cosmopolitan, 151 by True, 115 by The American Legion Magazine, 149 by The American, 93 by Ladies’ Home Journal, and 280 plus 52 spreads by This Week Magazine. The survey does not include such features as Ted Key’s “Hazel.”
The top 25 cartoonists in sales for 1950 were: Don Tobin, with 93 sales, Mort Walker with 87, Ted Key with 81, Chon Day with 78, Tom Henderson with 68; tying for 6th place were Clyde Lamb, George Wolfe, Lew Follette and the Berenstains, with 59 sales each; 7th place, Ray Helle with 58; tied for 8th place, Hank Ketcham and Stan Hunt with 57 sales; then Irwin Caplan with 55, Bill King with 54; 11th place, a three-way tie, with Virgil Partch, Syverson and Walter Goldstein selling 53 gags each; Reamer Keller with 46 okays, Martha Blanchard with 44; 14th place was another three-way tie, with George Smith, Gardner Rea and Kate Osann selling 42 each; Mel Lazarus with 41, Dick Cavalli with 38, Ned Hilton with 34; 18th place was a four-way tie with Jeff Keate, Ben Roth, Salo Roth and Larry Harris selling 33 to the major markets; 19th place was held by Al Kaufman and Charles Pearson with 31 okays; Mary Gibson with 29 sales, Gus Lundberg with 28, Al Ross with 27, Herb Williams with 24, John Dempsey with 23, and Corka with 22 okays.
Writer's Digest 1960-09: Vol 40 Issu 9
Video link We called to congratulate George on the boy only to find that he and his family had left for Fallbrook, California, an hour before. So, if you see a Mack truck with eleven little children sticking out of the top, that will be "The Smith Family."
If you turned your back on the business of cartooning as I did, for even so short a time as 3 years, you'd find changes. The biggest change would not be among the editors, but in the number of top name cartoonists missing from the freelance scene. Where are they now? Are they rich millionaires living off the fat of syndicated comic strips and juicy advertising accounts? Let's take a good look back 10 years ago when Cavalli, Mort Walker, Clyde Lamb, Ketchem, and George Smith dominated the pages of every magazine on the stands. All these great names, and perhaps a dozen more, are syndicated now. Was it luck, talent, business ability, or a combination of all three that put these people in the lead?
I remember George Smith, one of the finest artists in the cartoon business. George was a long, thin, sad-faced drink of water who looked as if he had the troubles of the world on his shoulders. While he wasn't exactly accident-prone, more awful things seemed to happen to him than to any other cartoonist. For instance, in making the rounds on Wednesday, George would get off the elevator, turn right toward the magazine office, change his mind, make an abrupt left, step kerplunk on the editor's foot in back of him, and at the same time manage to give the editor a good boot in the behind with his briefcase! Apologies on both sides didn't make for happy relations when George sat opposite that editor ten minutes later showing his cartoons!
Another time George was showing his cartoons to an editor of a top magazine who had a kind of facial quirk which George didn't know about. This editor's eyebrows would go sky-high and he'd gulp very deep at the same time, and he looked for all the world as if he were seeing the cartoon of a lifetime! When George saw this expression, he leaped out of his seat to stand in back of the editor's shoulder to see just what cartoon had so astonished him-only to have the editor look up coldly and say "yes?" George swore then and there that if anyone, anywhere would offer him $100 a week he would quit the freelance business forever! George Smith was a pet of us all because he was such a fervent family man. He had six girls on which he based most of his gags. So, the very popular comic strip "The Smith Family" was born. The George Matthew Adams Syndicate snapped it up the minute they saw it, and it is one of their top sellers. While George's syndicated family stays about the same, his personal tribe has increased to 10 girls and with George's luck one boy! We called to congratulate George on the boy only to find that he and his family had left for Fallbrook, California, an hour before. So, if you see a Mack truck with eleven little children sticking out of the top, that will be "The Smith Family."
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