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In the late 1960s he created a regular feature for Boys’ Life called “The
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Gallagher’s father, renowned for his sense of humor, was a longshoreman who had always wished to be a cartoonist. He and his wife encouraged John’s and George’s artwork. John
Gallagher began drawing Mickey Mouse and Popeye at the age of three. After John and George became professional cartoonists,
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Industries, where his cartoonist friend Herb Green was Art Director. During this period, he also began a long association with fellow cartoonist Bob Weber, supplying gags for his syndicated comic strip, Moose.
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Gallagher died at age 79 on March 17, 2005, of complications from emphysema. His papers have been donated to The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum in Columbus, Ohio.
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their father clipped hundreds of cartoons from magazines and glued them in spiral bound notebooks for their reference.
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