Ray Collins (cartoonist)
cartoonist (1931–2021)
Ramon Ward Collins (March 17, 1931 – March 28, 2021) was an American cartoonist who joined the staff of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer as a staff artist in 1950. He was appointed art director of magazines in 1964 and political cartoonist in 1970. Collins drew a comic strip titled Cecil C. Addle that appeared on the op-ed page from 1975 to 1979.
Collins left the Post Intelligencer in 1979, with a distribution agreement with the Chicago Tribune/New York Daily News Syndicate. Cecil & Dipstick appeared in Seattle, Palo Alto and Bogalusa, Louisiana, then stopped.
Collins worked in television from 1981 to 1985. His cartoons appeared in Pittsburgh, Columbus, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Dallas, Ft. Worth, Houston and Atlanta
Collins and his wife, Nicky, lived in Mexico for years. They moved to Boulder City, Nevada, where he continued to draw his strip for a local weekly paper until 1996.
The public source identifies “Ray Collins (cartoonist)” as cartoonist (1931–2021). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Collins and cartoonist.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Ray Collins (cartoonist)”, the useful work is to connect “cartoonist (1931–2021)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 22, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7297343. VIAF identifies the subject as 55406894. The Library of Congress control number is n78061351. 2 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 1 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1931, 2021, 1950 and 1964.
A concise general-reference account can conceal disagreements about scope, terminology or the weight assigned to individual sources. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Ray Collins (cartoonist)”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Ray Collins (cartoonist) primary sources, Ray Collins (cartoonist) archive and Collins research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Ray Collins (cartoonist)”?
- Which cited source is closest to the event, object or claim?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Ray Collins (cartoonist)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.