Chester Gould

When Gould depicted Tracy addressing Gould personally and having the cartoonist magically extract him publiChester Gouldr Joseph Patterson vetoed the sequence and ordered it redrawn. Gould is buried in Oakland Cemetery in Woodstock. Chester Gould (November 20 1900 – May 11 1985) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977 incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains.

Chester Gould (November 20 1900 – May 11 1985) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977 incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains.