Bud Fisher

Comic Book Artist

Bud Fisher was born in Chicago, Illinois, United States on April 3rd, 1885 and is the Comic Book Artist. At the age of 69, Bud Fisher biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.

  Report
Date of Birth
April 3, 1885
Nationality
United States
Place of Birth
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Death Date
Sep 7, 1954 (age 69)
Zodiac Sign
Aries
Profession
Cartoonist, Comics Artist, Film Director, Film Producer, Screenwriter
Bud Fisher Height, Weight, Eye Color and Hair Color

At 69 years old, Bud Fisher physical status not available right now. We will update Bud Fisher's height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, and measurements.

Height
Not Available
Weight
Not Available
Hair Color
Not Available
Eye Color
Not Available
Build
Not Available
Measurements
Not Available
Bud Fisher Religion, Education, and Hobbies
Religion
Not Available
Hobbies
Not Available
Education
Not Available
Bud Fisher Spouse(s), Children, Affair, Parents, and Family
Spouse(s)
Pauline Margaret Welch, ​ ​(m. 1912; div. 1917)​, Aedita de Beaumont, ​ ​(m. 1925; separated 1925)​
Children
Not Available
Dating / Affair
Not Available
Parents
Not Available
Bud Fisher Life

Harry Conway "Bud" Fisher (April 3, 1885 – September 7, 1954) was an American cartoonist who created Mutt and Jeff, the country's first profitable daily comic strip.

Early life

Fisher, a native of Chicago, Illinois, and the son of a merchant, attended public high school and then enrolled for three years at the University of Chicago. He began painting comic signs and window displays before becoming a layout man in the San Francisco Chronicle's production department, where he soon became a cartoonist.

On the sports pages of the San Francisco Chronicle, he introduced A. Mutt, the comic strip that would be better known by its later name, Mutt and Jeff. The main character had appeared in sports cartoons before by Fisher, but it was unidentified. Fisher had approached John P. Young, his editor, about doing a regular strip but was turned down. "It will take up too much space," Fisher said, and readers are used to reading down the page rather than horizontally." Newspaper cartoons were first published in a single-panel style at this time. Fisher invented a cartoon gag in a sequence, or stripe of panels, resulting in the first American comic strip to successfully pioneer the since-common design. Clare Briggs' idea of a newspaper strip starring recurring characters in multiple panels on a six-day a week schedule had existed before, but no further comic stripes were produced. Don Markstein, a comics historian, told me that he was never really fond of comics.

Personal life

Fisher and Margaret Welch, a vaudeville actress from Baltimore, eloped on April 20, 1912, the first time they met. In 1917, they were divorced.

Fisher married Aedita de Beaumont, the former wife of Count François de Beaumont, on October 25, 1925. After four weeks, the couple separated, but not married. Fisher's family passed away after Fisher's death, the strip's ownership passed to Aedita de Beaumont, and her son Pierre de Beaumont (1915–2010) was born in 1985.

Fisher obtained a large herd of Thoroughbred racehorses. In 1924, his horse Nellie Morse became the fourth filly (out of only six total as of 2022) to win the Preakness Stakes. Mr. Mutt's colt also finished second in the Belmont Stakes that year.

Fisher died of cancer at the age of 69 at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City on September 7, 1954. He lived on 383 Park Avenue at the time. He was buried in The Bronx, New York City, and was buried in the Woodlawn Cemetery.

Source