Betty Swords
American cartoonist
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Betty Swords (1917–2005) was an American cartoonist whose work appeared in the Saturday Evening Post, Redbook, Good Housekeeping, Ladies Home Journal, Changing Times, and others, usually using her own gags but sometimes from other writers. She also wrote gags for Dennis the Menace and others. Her humorous writing appeared in McCall’s, Modern Maturity, The Christian Science Monitor, and others.
BornElizabeth Edgemond
17 August 1917
17 August 1917
California
Died14 August 2005 (aged 87)
NationalityAmerican
AreaCartoonist
| Betty Swords | |
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| Born | Elizabeth Edgemond 17 August 1917 California |
| Died | 14 August 2005 (aged 87) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Cartoonist |
Swords was raised in Oakland, California, earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at University of California, Berkeley and did graduate work the San Francisco Academy of Advertising Art.
References
- "At Swords’ Point: Humor As Weapon" by R. C. Harvey, The Comics Journal, Dec. 19, 2011.
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