John Dirks (b. 1917)

Born: 1917 November 2 in New York City, New York, United States
Died: 2010 January 26 in Mystic, Connecticut, United States
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Notes:

To be confirmed against the Who's Who entry.

Name:

  • John Dirks
  • Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: John Family name: Dirks

Signatures:

  1. R. Dirks [generic]

Relations:

  1. Relative - Gus Dirks (b. 1879)
    Notes: Gus is John's uncle.
  2. Child of - Rudolph Dirks (b. 1877)
  3. Ghosted for - Rudolph Dirks (b. 1877)
    Notes: John Dirks took over the Captain and the Kids comic strip with his father, Rudolph's passing in 1962. Previously, he assisted his father with the comic strip as a ghost creator for an unknown time period before his death. It is likely he did entire strips during that period.

Schools:

  1. Yale University ? to ?

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