The Guardian (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... with the creators of many of his favourite characters. A trip at the age of 16 to meet Chester Gould, the creator of Dick Tracy, was especially memorable, as was his correspondence with Milton Caniff, creator of Terry and the Pirates. With an eye towards someday joining their ranks, Dorf studied art at Cass Technical high school and the Chicago Art Institute, but his many attempts...
Journalista (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
“CHESTER GOULD (1900-85) missed his calling as a professional designer of deathtraps. In the middle of one 1943 Dick Tracy sequence Gould wrote and drew, the villainous Mrs. Pruneface chains the valiant detective to the kitchen floor, sandwiches him between two big vertical slabs of ice, positions a board with a stake driven through it [...]
Film Experience Blog (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Today is the 109th anniversary of one Chester Gould the creator of Dick Tracy. Every time Dick Tracy (1990) comes up, I think "you should watch that movie again!" but I never do. I think I'm still mad that Warren Beatty kept cutting away from Madonna's "More" performance... which should've easily been one of the best movie musical numbers of the 90s (sigh). Otherwise...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
... also an avid reader of newspaper comic strips and would send fan letters to cartoonists, including Chester Gould, who created “Dick Tracy,” and Milton Caniff, who created “Terry and the Pirates” and “Steve Canyon.” The boys’ father once took them to Gould’s home in Woodstock, Ill., Michael Dorf recalled, adding, “This was the days before celebrity security.” It was the start...
Contactmusic Ltd (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
A federal bankruptcy judge in Delaware has given Warren Beatty the go-ahead to proceed with his lawsuit against the Tribune Co. over rights to the Dick Tracy character. Beatty, who bought the Dick Tracy rights from Tribune in 1985 and produced, directed and starred in a movie about the character five years later, had filed suit against Tribune after the company claimed that rights to the Chester...
Sideshow Collectibles (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
... and from there, he became involved in the world of comic books and comic strips. Dorf worked with Chester Gould on his daily comic strip, Dick Tracy, and became acquainted with Jack Kirby and other pioneers of comic art. In 1965, Dorf helped organize the ‘Detroit Triple Fan Fair’ event for comic fans, and when he moved to California in 1970, he partnered with Forrest Ackerman to stage...
