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Dowling, Dan (1906 – 1993)

Dan Dowling original cartoon art.

Dan Dowling was influenced by the cartoons of Jay Norwood “Ding” Darling that appeared in the Des Moines Register and Leader and Carey Orr. In 1933 Dowling joined the Associated Press in New York as a retouch artist. Learning of an opening with the Omaha World Herald, Dowling moved back to the Midwest in 1937 to become the paper’s cartoonist not having cartooned before. Dowling stayed in Omaha until World War II when he joined the infantry. During the war, he submitted cartoons to the Omaha World Herald and the New York Herald Tribune. Dowling landed a job with the latter after the war and his editorial cartoons became syndicated in 1949. Dowling stayed at the New York Herald Tribune until the paper went out of business upon which he became the editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star where he stayed until his retirement. A fervent Republican, he was best known for his caricatures of Democratic leaders, including Presidents John F. Kennedy and Harry S. Truman.