Darrell McClure, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Darrell McClure

cartoonist

Date of Birth: 25-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Ukiah, California, United States

Date of Death: 27-Feb-1987

Profession: comics artist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Darrell Craig McClure (February 25, 1903 – February 27, 1987), was an American cartoonist and illustrator best known for his work on the comic strip Little Annie Rooney from 1930 to 1966.
The strip took its name from an 1890 song by Michael Nolan. McClure was born in Ukiah, California, where his mother was the painter Ethel Jamison Docker.
At age nine, McClure moved with his family to San Francisco, where he went to art school at night, doing his first professional jobs at age 14.
He was 17 when he began an apprenticeship in animated cartoons, and he studied at the California School of Fine Arts.
After work in logging camps as a lumberjack, he was a sailor on commercial freighters in the Pacific, eventually traveling to New York City on a freighter.