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Caniff, Milt

Caniff, (Milton) Milt

(1907–88) cartoonist; born in Hillsboro, Ohio. He was the creator of the action-adventure newspaper comic strips Dickie Dare (1933–34) and Terry and the Pirates (1934–46), and his Steve Canyon, featuring the adventures of an ex-pilot, made its first appearance in 1947. His work was greatly admired for its realistic detail in the drawings and storyline.
The Cambridge Dictionary of American Biography, by John S. Bowman. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995. Reproduced with permission.
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