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Ted Shearer
Thaddeus "Ted" Shearer (November 1, 1919 - December 26, 1992)〔(Thaddeus Shearer ) at the Social Security Death Index via FamilySearch.org. Retrieved on March 27, 2015. (Archived ) from the original on march 27, 2015.〕 was an African-American advertising art director and cartoonist whose 1970–1986 ''Quincy'' was one of the earliest mainstream comic strips to star an African American in the lead role. ==Early life and career== Shearer was born in May Pen, Jamaica, to parents Samuel and Sophie (née Parnell), and raised from infancy in the Harlem area of Manhattan, New York City.〔 Note: While TheCartoonists.ca gives 1921, the Social Security Death Index gives November 1, 1919.〕 From a young age, his ambition was to produce a comic strip. While attending DeWitt Clinton High School, he met African-American cartoonist E. Simms Campbell, who became his mentor.〔 At 16, Shearer sold his first cartoon, to the newspaper the ''New York Amsterdam News''. From 1938 to 1940, he studied at night at the Art Students League, on scholarship.〔 During World War II, Shearer served in the U.S. Army's segregated 92nd Infantry Division, reaching the rank of sergeant,〔 and earning the Bronze Star for his position as art director for the division's magazine, ''The Buffalo''.〔The magazine title was ''The Buffalo'' and not ''Buffalo'' as given in some sources, per 〕 He provided illustrations to the military newspaper ''Stars and Stripes''〔 and contributed comics about military life to the newspaper syndication service Continental Features. After the war, he began doing illustrations for magazines including ''The Ladies' Home Journal'' and ''The Saturday Evening Post'',〔 as well as ''Our World'' and ''Collier's'', and in newspapers including the ''New York Herald Tribune''. From 1946 to 1947, he studied art at the Pratt Institute.〔
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