Elliot Caplin
Elliott A. Caplin (December 25, 1913 - February 20, 2000) was a comic strip writer best known as the co-creator (with Stan Drake) of The Heart of Juliet Jones. He was the younger brother of Al Capp, creator of Li'l Abner.
Born in New Haven, Connecticut, Caplin graduated from Ohio State University in 1936. Beginning in 1937, he was employed as a writer for King Features Syndicate. He entered the comic book field as editor of True Comics for the Parents Magazine Institute. By 1940, he was an editorial director with the magazine Parents, leaving during World War II to serve with the Navy in the South Pacific. In the post-WWII years, he returned to Parents, continuing there until 1948.[1]
Comic strips
Caplin co-created the strips Peter Scratch and Big Ben Bolt and served as writer for strips by others, including Abbie an' Slats, Long Sam and Little Orphan Annie.
Toby Press
He founded the comic book publisher Toby Press, which operated from 1949 to 1955.[2]
Caplin lived in California with his wife Ruth and their three children, Don, Joan and Toby. He died in Stockbridge, Massachusetts in 2000.
References
- ^ National Cartoonists Society
- ^ Benton, Mike. The Comic Book in America: An Illustrated History (Taylor Publishing Company : Dallas, Texas 1989) p.148. ISBN 0-87833-659-1