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Chester Gould

Chester Gould

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Born November 20, 1900 in Pawnee, Oklahoma, USA

Died May 11, 1985

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Chester Gould was interested in comics from an early age. He wrote and drew several strips while attending Oklahoma A&M University and at Northwestern University (where he graduated in 1921). After graduating from the Chicago Art Institute in 1923, Gould went to work for a Chicago area newspaper. Gould found work illustrating several minor comic strips, and also bombarded the major newspaper syndicates with ideas for a new strip.

It was sometime in 1931 that Gould got a idea, based on his own work as a newspaperman. Gould saw that the headlines were filled with stories about gangsters and their escapades. Gould was disgusted by the apparentm triumph of good over evil, and decided that his new character would fight against these hoods. He sent this strip, called "Plainclothes Tracy" to the Chicago Tribune. The editor at the Tribune loved the idea, but suggested that the strip needed a shorter name. And so, "Dick Tracy" premiered on October 4th, 1931.

From the beginning, Gould's strip stood out. Previous comic strips focused on either household comedies (like "Bringing Up Father") or boyhood adventures. Dick Tracy was one of the first strips to show the effects of violence on people; readers were shocked when a strip clearly showed Tracy shooting a villian in the face. The strip was a huge success, not only spawning a number of spin-offs, but entering the public consciousness as well. Tracy's chisled features became so familiar that it was easy for cartoonist Al Capp to parody him in "L'il Abner."

Like many of the great comics of the 30s and 40s, "Dick Tracy" slowly became a victim of the times. The art was still vibrant and creative, but Gould's two-dimensional, black/white characterization looked stodgy by the 1950s. In the 1960s, Gould made an ill-advised devision to update Tracy by outfitting him with space-age gadgets and a rocket ship(!).

Gould retired from the strip on December 25, 1977, turning it over to his long time assistant. "Dick Tracy" continues to run in newspapers around the world, long after its creator's death in 1985.

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Type

Year

To Tell the Truth Poster

To Tell the Truth TV Series1956Self

Person to Person Poster

Person to Person TV Series1953Self

This Is Your Life Poster

This Is Your Life TV Series1952Self

Today TV Series1952Self

What's My Line? Poster

What's My Line? TV Series1950Self - Contestant

The Ed Sullivan Show Poster

The Ed Sullivan Show TV Series1948Self

People on Paper Poster

People on Paper Short Film1945Self - Cartoonist

The Fall of Blackhawk Poster

The Fall of Blackhawk Short Film1912General Winfield Scott

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21

Type

Year

Dick Tracy & The Phantom Poster

Dick Tracy & The Phantom Short Film2024

Homage & Remake in Fan Films Poster

Homage & Remake in Fan Films Short Film2024

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In Poster

Dick Tracy Special: Tracy Zooms In TV Movie2023

Dick Tracy Special Poster

Dick Tracy Special TV Movie2010

Thwarted Short Film1991

Dick Tracy TV Movie1990

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy Video Game1990

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy Feature Film1990

Archie's TV Funnies Poster

Archie's TV Funnies TV Series1971

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy TV Movie1967

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo Poster

The Famous Adventures of Mr. Magoo TV Series1964

The Dick Tracy Show Poster

The Dick Tracy Show TV Series1961

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy TV Series1950

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Ralph Byrd As Dick Tracy, Featuring Boris Karloff Poster

Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome - Ralph Byrd As Dick Tracy, Featuring Boris Karloff Feature Film1947

Dick Tracy's Dilemma Poster

Dick Tracy's Dilemma Feature Film1947

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Poster

Dick Tracy vs. Cueball Feature Film1946

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy Feature Film1945

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. Poster

Dick Tracy vs. Crime, Inc. Feature Film1941

Dick Tracy's G-Men Poster

Dick Tracy's G-Men Feature Film1939

Dick Tracy Returns Poster

Dick Tracy Returns Feature Film1938

Dick Tracy Poster

Dick Tracy Feature Film1937

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Lucky Luke: End of Legend - The Official Game Poster

Lucky Luke: End of Legend - The Official Game Video Game2025

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All the Memory in the World Poster

All the Memory in the World Documentary1956

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