'Toots and Casper', 1923.
At the age of fifteen, James Edward Murphy Jr. already was a cartoonist for the Omaha Examiner. In 1910, his career took off when he was employed by a Washington newspaper. He traveled around the States, doing several cartooning jobs, among others for the Spokane Inland-Herald, the Oregon Journal, the San Francisco Call and the Los Angeles Herald, until he was noticed by newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst. Hearst offered him the position of staff artist at the New York American, in 1918.
'Toots and Casper', 1948.
After creating 'Doc Attaboy', Murphy created his famous feature 'Toots and Casper' (17 December 1918), about a married couple and their baby, Buttercup. The series was also adapted into a comedy film. Between 1926 and 1941, Murphy also drew a complementary strip, called 'It's Papa Who Pays'. After decades of success, Jimmy Murphy retired from 'Toots and Casper' on 30 December 1956, due to illness. He died in 1965.
Jimmy Murphy was an influence on John Severin.
'Toots and Casper', 1923.