75 Years Ago Today: Sidney Smith Dies in Automobile Crash

Sidney Smith, is perhaps better remembered today for his big time syndicate contract rather than his comic strip.Above graphic via Michael Sporn's Splog. Mr. Smith signed the biggest syndicate contract to date -- a one million dollar deal for his then popular comic strip THE GUMPS --making him the richest syndicated cartoonist in the country.THE GUMPS was, like LITTLE ORPHAN ANNIE, MOON MULLINS