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When he graduated from Occidental College, he moved to Pasadena, California, beginning his career in 1923 as a staff artist for The Los Angeles Times.
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Clifford McBride
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Born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, McBride was twice expelled from school because of his drawings in the school paper. His first professional cartoon was published in 1917 in The Los Angeles Times. The following year, he illustrated humorous fiction for the Chicago Tribune.
He soon began to add situations involving Elby"s dog, Napoleon.
Drawing for a minor syndicate, McBride began Napoleon as a daily strip on June 6, 1932, reaching a wider audience once he connected with the McNaught Syndicate. McBride"s cartoons appeared in such magazines as Life and Cosmopolitan, and he profited from hardcover reprints, comic books and the licensing of his character as a spokesdog during the 1940s for Red Heart Dog Food.
Merchandising included a stuffed toy of Napoleon.
