Chad Grothkopf
(Chad)
(1914 - 25/1/2005, USA)
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Chad Grothkopf was an American comics artist and animator. His work appeared in a variety of comics books from the 1930s and 1940s, such as Adventure Comics and More Fun Comics. He re-designed the 'Sandman' costume into that of a standard superhero, and he was the creator of DC's 'Johnny Quick'. Other DC credits include 'Three Aces', 'Radio Squad' and 'Detective Chimp'.
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Grohtkopf was also the creator of 'Hoppy the Marvel Bunny', a character that first appeared in Fawcett's Funny Animals #1 in 1942. The character had its own comic book until 1953. In the 1950s Grothkopf illustrated juvenile books starring 'Mighty Mouse'. He also did newspaper features called 'Famous Fiction' (Bell Syndicate, 1942-46) and 'Howdy Doody' (United Features Syndicate, 1950-53).
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