Dok Hager

(1858 - 1932, USA)

Dok's Dippy Duck, by Dok Hager 1917
John 'Dok' Hager is the creator of 'Dok's Dippy Duck', one of the pioneers in humanized animal comics of the beginning of the 20th century. Hager was a dental surgeon until 1889, when he started working as a cartoonist for the Seattle Times. His 'Dippy Duck' appeared in this newspaper in 1917. He retired in 1925 due to blindness, and died in 1932.