Talk:Johnny Gruelle

History

As the Johnny Gruelle page is currently written, the reader would think Gruelle burst onto the cartoon art scene in 1911 after winning a contest. In reality, Gruelle was by that time a 10 year veteran in the industry and was a regular contributor to many newspapers covering a broad geographical range, and was syndicated. Mostly under the pen name "GRUE" and sometimes just "G".

As someone who regularly reads newspapers of that era, I come across the GRUE signature time and time again. I've added references to two pre-1911 examples.

Moreover, a simple google search turns up two books, "Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy" and "Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle: A Bibliography of Published Works", both by Patricia Hall. Combining the free pages available through google books gives a detailed account of Gruelle's career prior to 1911. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mobbunka (talk • contribs) 22:38, 16 June 2014 (UTC)

Added content related to his early career as a cartoonist. Rosalina523 (talk) 17:46, 4 October 2018 (UTC)

Patent

It is surprising that a patent would have been awarded for a rag doll in 1915. Similar rag dolls, printed cloth forms stuffed with rags, already existed. For example, the March 2nd 1914 Tacoma Times, page 4, contains a half page ad for "A Tango Rag Doll". This was offered as a premium for selling newspaper subscriptions. Perhaps the difference is that Raggedy Ann was pre-stuffed and sewn, whereas the tango rag doll was simply muslim with the dolls features printed on it. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-03-02/ed-1/seq-4/ DiffuseGoose (talk) 00:55, 27 June 2015 (UTC)

It's not an invention patent. It's a design patent. Note the D in the number. WilliamSommerwerck (talk) 21:27, 24 May 2016 (UTC)

Added the clarification to the article content. Rosalina523 (talk) 17:46, 4 October 2018 (UTC)