Background
Westover, Russell Channing was born on August 3, 1886 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Channing Clisson and Alice (Aldrich) Westover.
Westover, Russell Channing was born on August 3, 1886 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Channing Clisson and Alice (Aldrich) Westover.
Graduate public schools, Oakland, California. Student Mark Hopkins Institute Art, San Francisco.
Cartoonist, San Francisco Bulletin, 1904-1908, Oakland Herald, 1908-1910, San Francisco Chronicle, 1910-1914, San Francisco Post, 1914, later with New York Herald. Contributor to Life and Judge, 1918-1921. Cartoonist for King Features Syndicate, since 1921.
Creator of comic series, Tillie the Toiler, which appears in over 600 newspapers.
Creator of the Strip The Van Swaggers which appears separately and in conjunction with Tillie the Toiler on Sundays—Sons—Tillie the Toiler by Charles Tobias and Fred Coots.
Clubs: Press (San Francisco).
Married Genesta Grace DeLancey, August 2, 1908. Children: Russell Channing, Alden DeLancey.