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| Dick Locher | |
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| Born | Richard Earl Locher June 4, 1929 Dubuque, Iowa |
| Nationality |
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| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Notable works | Dick Tracy |
| Awards | Pulitzer Prize, Editorial Cartooning (1983) |
Richard Earl Locher (born June 4, 1929), better known as Dick Locher, is a nationally syndicated cartoonist.
Locher was born in Dubuque, Iowa. After high school, he began studying art at the University of Iowa and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. While in Chicago, he became an assistant to Rick Yager, who was drawing Buck Rogers at the time. However, he left the job after few months to enlist in the Air Force, where he became a test pilot. While at the Air Force, he began freelancing for the Stars and Stripes.
In 1957, he began assisting Chester Gould on Dick Tracy, where he inked the figures and colored the Sunday strips. He also contributed to a story that was cited in Gould's 1959 Reuben award. He left the strip in 1961 to work on other areas, including starting an advertising company, where he worked on designing some of McDonald's characters.
Locher kept in touch with Chester Gould even after leaving the strip. In 1973, an editorial cartoonist position at Chicago Tribune opened up and Gould recommended Locher to take the position. Despite having no experience in editorial cartooning, the Tribune hired Locher and he still draws in the field to this day.
Locher returned to work on Dick Tracy in 1983, when its previous cartoonist, Rick Fletcher, died. That same year, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.
Locher currently lives in Naperville, Illinois with his wife, Mary.
The new Land of Lincoln Trophy designed by Dick Locher goes to the winner of the Northwestern-Illini college football game.Land of Lincoln Trophy
| Preceded by Ben Sargent |
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning 1983 |
Succeeded by Paul Conrad |
| Preceded by Rick Fletcher |
Dick Tracy artist 1983-2009 |
Succeeded by Jim Brozman |
| Preceded by Mike Kilian |
Dick Tracy writer 2005-present |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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