Born: 1916 October 17 in Saint Paul Island, Alaska, United States
Died: 1984 August 10 in near Valencia, California, United States
Biography: Additional biography for Partch can be found in:
A Gallery of Rogues: Cartoonists' Self-Caricatures (Billy Ireland Cartoon Library, 1998 series), August 1998;
Collier's (Crowell-Collier Publishing Company, 1939 series) November 27, 1948; and
Newsweek (Weekly Publications, Inc., 1937 series) June 14, 1943.
Did advertising work throughout his career.
Comics in other media worked on by Partch included gag cartoons writing, penciling, and inking for: Esquire, New Yorker, Playboy, True, and Saturday Evening Post (see individual issues in the database).
Syndicated newspaper comic strip work included:
Crack-Ups Sunday (Field Enterprises), writing, penciling, and inking from 1943 to 1945 [Rotating creators.],
Crack-Ups Sunday (PM [New York newspaper]), writing, penciling, and inking from 1945 to 1948 [Rotating creators.],
Big George daily and Sunday (Field Enterprises), writing, penciling, and inking from 1960 to 1984,
Big George daily and Sunday (News America Syndicate), writing, penciling, and inking from 1984 to 1987 [Probable reprints.],
Big George daily and Sunday (North America Syndicate), writing, penciling, and inking from 1987 to 1989 [Probable reprints.], and
Captain's Gig daily and Sunday (Field Enterprises), writing, penciling, and inking from 1977 to 1979.
Notes: Further details on Partch's career, click on the links for his credits in the GCD and his entry in the Who's Who.
- Issue Checklist (via credit search for name "Virgil Partch")
- Issue Checklist (via linked credit records)
- Issue Overview (via linked credit records)
- List of to be migrated issues (via credit search for name "Virgil Partch")
- Issue Edit List (via linked credit records)
- Cover List (via linked credit records)
- Series List (via linked credit records)
- Characters List (via linked credit records)
- Features List (via linked credit records)
- Sequences List (via linked credit records)
- Story Credits in the GCD (via search for "Virgil Partch")
- Co-Creators List (via linked credit records)
- Who's Who of American Comic Books
Name:
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Virgil Partch
Type: Common Alternative Name
Other Names:
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Virgil Franklin Partch II
Type: Name at Birth
Given name: Virgil Franklin II Family name: Partch -
VIP
Type: Pen Name
Schools:
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University of Arizona ? to ?
Signatures:
Non Comics Works:
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Publication Title: ? (advertising) - Role: artist - Year: 1945
Employer Name : Briggs Pipe Tobacco
Notes: Commercial art and design for Briggs Pipe Tobacco. -
Publication Title: ? (advertising) - Role: artist - Year: 1947
Employer Name : Simon Sweaters
Notes: Commercial art and design for Simon Sweaters. -
Publication Title: ? (movie) - Role: animator - Years: 1935?; 1936?; 1937?; 1938?; 1939?; 1940?
Employer Name : Walt Disney Company
Notes: Did animation work for the Walt Disney Company during a period sometimes during the 1930s to 1940s. -
Publication Title: ? (movie) - Role: animator - Years: 1935?; 1936?; 1937?; 1938?; 1939 - 1940; 1941?
Employer Name : Walter Lantz Productions
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