Dudley Fisher (1890 - July 10, 1951) was a U.S. cartoonist. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January The United States of America —commonly referred to as the He was born in Columbus, Ohio. After spending time at The Ohio State University studying to be an architect, he dropped out and began working as a layout artist at The Columbus Dispatch newspaper. The Ohio State University ( OSU) is a Coeducational public Research university in the state of Ohio. The Columbus Dispatch is a daily Newspaper, based in Columbus Ohio, that serves the central portion of the state
He served in an aerial photography unit during World War I. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All He returned to the Dispatch in 1919. While with the Columbus Dispatch in 1924, Fisher created the two-color daily panel "Jolly Jingles. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " In 1937, Fisher created a one panel Sunday page of a farm family, called "Right Around Home. "
"Right Around Home", like "Jolly Jingles" before it, were syndicated nationally. King Features Syndicate, the distributor, asked Fisher to do a daily version of "Right Around Home" in comicstrip form. King Features Syndicate, a Print syndication company owned by The Hearst Corporation, distributes about 150 Comic strips newspaper columns, This became "Myrtle," a strip that began in 1942. Fisher worked for the Columbus Dispatch and on his two newspaper strips until his death in 1951. Bob Vittur at that point continued "Right Around Home" through 1952, at which point it was retitles "Right Around Home with Myrtle. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. " This strip ran through 1964.
Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.