Charles Plumb (cartoonist)
Charles Plumb (November 13, 1899 – January 19, 1982 ) was an American cartoonist best known for maintaining a high quality of artwork on the comic strip Ella Cinders over three decades. He usually signed his work with the signature Charlie Plumb or Chas. Plumb. He also drew the topper strip Chris Crusty which ran above Ella Cinders from 1931 to 1940.
| Charles Plumb | |
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Charles Plumb with his wife and son Peter in Joplin, Missouri in 1943. | |
| Born | November 13, 1899 Joplin, Missouri, U.S. |
| Died | January 19, 1982 (aged 82) |
| Nationality | American |
Notable works | Ella Cinders |
Born and raised in Joplin, Missouri, Plumb moved at age 15 to Baxter Springs, Kansas, where his father, Carl H. Plumb, was a mining engineer in the Tri-state area of Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. After attending Baxter Springs High School, Charlie Plumb studied journalism, art and advertising at the University of Missouri and then worked as an artist and political cartoonist for newspapers in Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities. His parents eventually relocated to Ozark, Missouri.