There was a time when George Milburn’s name could be found in such magazines as The Saturday Evening Post, Harper’s and Vanity Fair. Most anyone with a finger on the pulse of U.S. literature during that era knew of the wise-cracking wordsmith from Coweta. But time has a way of misplacing remarkable people within the […]
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Oklahoma native ‘Dick Tracy’ creator helped revolutionize law enforcement
Although his often-grotesque villains were larger than life, Gould was big on realism when it came to Tracy’s investigations. Said Michael Vance, volunteer curator of the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection at the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, “He wanted to be as close and authentic as possible.” “Dad’s goal in life […]