Harold Knerr
cartoonist (1882–1949)
Harold Hering Knerr (September 4, 1882 – July 8, 1949), who signed his work H. H. Knerr, was an American comic strip creator. He was the writer-artist of the comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids for 35 years.
Early life
Knerr was born September 4, 1882, in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. His father Calvin B. Knerr, was a homeopath and colleague of Constantine Hering, a pioneer in homeopathy.
He attended the Pennsylvania Museum and School of Industrial Art.
Career
Knerr worked as a newspaper illustrator. He recalled, "My first newspaper work was drawing pictures of gravestones atop the oldest graves in a local cemetery for The Philadelphia Record. These were paid for at the fee of three dollars each."
According to Knerr authority James Lowe, Knerr was extremely prolific, producing more than 1,500 Sunday comic pages between 1901 and 1914 for a half-dozen continuing features in three different Philadelphia newspapers.
He created his first comic strip, Zoo-Illogical Snapshots, for the Public Ledger. In 1902, he worked for The Philadelphia Inquirer and drew comic strips Mr.
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