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William Morgan DeBeck was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google, later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith.
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DeBeck with boxing heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey in 1919.
DeBeck introduced the popular race horse Spark Plug on July 17, 1922.
DeBeck's assistant Paul Fung (pictured) took over Barney Google's topper Bughouse Fables in the 1920s.
Married Life an early hit for DeBeck, landed him in the Hearst empire.
Billy DeBeck used Barney Google as a byline on the earliest Bughouse Fables panels.Connected to Billy 5
About this person
William Morgan DeBeck was an American cartoonist. He is most famous as the creator of the comic strip Barney Google, later retitled Barney Google and Snuffy Smith. The strip was especially popular in the 1920s and 1930s, and featured a number of well-known characters, including the title character, Bunky, Snuffy Smith, and Spark Plug the race horse. Spark Plug was a merchandising phenomenon, and has been called the Snoopy of the 1920s.
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Lived 1890 to 1942 · aged 52
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