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Campbell was born on March 3, 1882 in Carbondale, Jackson, Illinois to John Gaines Campbell (1839 – 1913) and Alice Beman (1847 – 1920).
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Lansing Campbell
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He also used the signature Language Campbell. Lansing Campbell was an American illustrator of popular children's books He died on May 26, 1937 in Raleigh, Wake, North Carolina.
He is laid to rest in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States of America. In 1917, Campbell wrote and illustrated his own book, The Funnyfeathers (East P Dutton), featuring the adventures of the Dinky Duckings, Panty Banty, Pidgy the Poet, Daffy Duck and Old Crooky Crow.
Other books by Campbell included Dippy Doodlebug, Bizzy Izzy Humbug, Duck and Applesauce, Dicky Bird’s Diary and Merry Murphy. He also did Br"er Rabbit illustrations.
His cartoons appeared in Life and Judge. During the decade, the comic strip"s text evolved from captions to dialogue minus balloons to dialogue inside balloons.
During the 1930s, he drew the Sunday strip, Paddy Pigtail.
Campbell lived and worked in New York City. By 1950, after decades of illustrating, he retired to Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
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