Milton Caniff was the world-renowned comics artist known as the "Rembrandt of the Comics". His influence can be seen not only in the works of such comics artists as Jack Kirby and Will Eisner, but also in the works of Federico Fellini and Orson Welles. Caniff ented the comics world as an office boy for a local Ohio newspaper. After working at ...
April 3, 1988, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Hillsboro, Ohio, USA
Profession
Writer, Actor
Education
Ohio State University
Spouse
Esther Parsons (m. 1930–1988)
Awards
Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame, Reuben Award for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year
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I don't kid myself. My main job is to sell papers. (from an interview with Richard Marschall, author of a 1981 Caniff biography)
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Fact
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He spent part of his childhood in California, where his father worked as a chauffeur. He worked as a child extra in early movies, and as a telegraph messenger boy.
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He sold his first cartoon to the Dayton Daily Journal when he was 12.
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He was a stickler for accuracy in his drawings of weaponry. He had contacts in the armed forces who kept him up-to-date on military lingo and procedures. He was grateful to readers who caught mistakes in his strips.
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Biography in: "The Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives". Volume Two, 1986-1990, pages 158-160. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1999.
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He is the uncle of John P. Canniff, the founder of Inter-Plant Sales, the largest used machinery plant in Minnesota, the great-uncle of Bryan Canniff, the Creative Director of Popular Mechanics magazine and the great great-uncle of Paul Canniff, an artist living in Minnesota and an aspiring cartoonist.
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Creator of the comic strips "Terry and the Pirates" and "Steve Canyon".
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Title
Year
Status
Character
The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie
1972
TV Series creator: "Steve Canyon" - 1 episode
Steve Canyon
TV Series comic strip - 33 episodes, 1958 - 1959 story - 2 episodes, 1958 - 1959
$4 Million
