Gene Carr was one of the early twentieth century American newspaper comic artists. He worked for the New York Herald, New York World and Evening Journal in New York, and the Times in Philadelphia, as well as for King Features Syndicate. He created strips such as 'Lady Bountiful' (1902), 'Nobody Works Like Father' (1906), 'Erin Go Brag' (1906), 'Major Stuff' (around 1914, also known as 'The Stepbrothers'), 'Uncle Crabapple' and 'Major Stuff and Uncle Crabapple'), 'Chubs Big Brother' (1919) and 'Poor Mr W' (1919). His 'Lady Bountiful' was one of the the first newspaper strips which featured a female heroine.
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