Dale Messick
Cartoonist

Dale Messick Net Worth

Dale Messick was an American cartoonist born on April 11, 1906 in Indiana. She is best known for her work on the comic strip Brenda Starr, for which she received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Book Award in 1975. Messick was a pioneer in the comic strip industry, creating one of the first strips to feature a female protagonist.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day April 11, 1906
Birth Place Indiana
Age 114 YEARS OLD
Died On Apr 5, 2005 (age 98)
Birth Sign Aries

💰 Net worth: $11 Million (2024)

About

Cartoonist who, in 1975, received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Book Award for her work on Brenda Star.

Before Fame

Her first job out of college was creating art for a Chicago greeting card company, which she left at the start of the Great Depression when her pay was lowered.

Trivia

In 1997, she obtained the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award for Brenda Star.

Family Life

She was born Dalia Messick, in South Bend, Indiana, her mother a seamstress and her father a sign Painter who encouraged her to draw.

Associated With

She named her dashing female reporter Brenda Starr after a 1930s debutante and gave her the looks of movie star Rita Hayworth.

Some Dale Messick images

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