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7 comics that ‘Marmaduke’ cartoonist Brad Anderson drew in the 1940s

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Syracuse University alumnus Brad Anderson, the mastermind behind popular cartoon “Marmaduke,” passed away on Aug. 30 at the age of 91.

Anderson was a cartoonist for what was then called the “Syracuse Daily Orange” in the late 1940s and had his own comic, “Here’s Looking at You.”

Here are seven of the comics Anderson had in The D.O. in 1949:

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Appeared in the Feb. 18, 1949 edition

 

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Appeared in the March 17, 1949 edition

 

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Appeared in the March 24, 1949 edition

 

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Appeared in the March 31, 1949 edition
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Appeared in the April 30, 1949 edition

 

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Appeared in the May 6, 1949 edition

 

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Appeared in the May 14, 1949 edition

SU honored Anderson in 2010 alongside alumni Greg Walker and Robb Armstrongin “The Original Art of the Funny Papers,” an exhibit of syndicated cartoons by the three cartoonists, according a Syracuse.com article.