Hal Rasmusson
Hal Rasmusson (b. January 11, 1900 – 1962) was an American cartoonist best known for the comic strip Aggie Mack about a teenage girl.
Born in Crookston, Minnesota, Rasmusson grew up in Minneapolis, where he attended the Minneapolis School of Art for two years. He started his career doing fashion illustration. Moving to Chicago, he freelanced for several years, eventually taking a job creating greeting cards for Gibson Cards in Cincinnati for five years. He received the credit line "by Hal Rasmusson" on the back of his Gibson Cards.
After Rasmusson married, he moved to New York where he worked as an art director for five years. Returning to Minneapolis, he spent nine years as art director of greeting cards with the Buzza Company.
Comic strips
He launched Aggie Mack with the Chicago Tribune Syndicate in 1946. Comics historian Eric Agena described Rasmusson's characters:
Rasmusson also drew the accompanying strip Honey Bun until 1953.
Books
He wrote and illustrated instructional art books for publisher Walter T. Foster, including Comics and Modern Cartoon (1950).
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