Morris "Morrie" Turner
If You Missed It, Little Known Black History Facts, Originals
|
Erica L. Taylor, The Tom Joyner Morning Show
At 89 years-old, Morrie Turner, who is the first nationally syndicated African American cartoonist in America, was still making cartoons for the children of Sacramento. Turner sketched the first black comic strip called “Wee Pals”, which hit the newspapers of Chicago in 1965. Turner described his first comic strips as challenging. The papers were very […]
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Morris “Morrie” Turner, the creator of the “Wee Pals” comic strip and the first African American cartoonist to be syndicated nationally, has died. He was 90. Family spokesman David Bellard says the Oakland, Calif.-born Turner died peacefully at a hospital in Sacramento, Calif., on Saturday. Turner developed the humorous, ethnically diverse […]
Trending
On Air
-
Mushroom Mania: 2022’s Trendy Plant Boasts Major Health Benefits
-
Dr. James Taylor l The Carl Nelson Show
-
WATCH: What You Need To Know — January 12, 2022: Biden’s True Test — RNC Pays Trump Bills — Black and Missing
-
WATCH: What You Need To Know — November 13, 2020: Biden Gaining Acceptance — Sterling Brown Settles $750K Lawsuit — New Obama Memoir