How It Began
Date1934
Artist
Paul F. Berdanier, Sr.
(American artist and cartoonist, 1879–1961)
Illustration Citation"How it Began: Amber," by Paul F. Berdanier, Sr., November 11, 1934, United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
MediumInk on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 14 5/8 × 22 15/16 in. (37.1 × 58.3 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-93
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextPaul F. Berdanier was an American cartoonist, illustrator, etcher and painter. After working as an advertising artist in the 1920s, he illustrated for pulp magazines in the 1930s, while also drawing for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. From the 1930s throughout the 1950s, Berdanier created illustrations for United Features Syndicate. In 1931, he took over the comic strip 'How It Began' from cartoonist Russ Murphy.
