William Donahey (19 October 1883 – 2 February 1970) was a U.S. cartoon artist and creator of The Teenie Weenies, a comic strip about two-inch tall people living under a rosebush. The strip appeared in the Chicago Tribune for over 50 years. He drew The Teenie Weenies for a total of about 2100 strips.
Donahey was a very shy child when growing up. He would dream up imaginary characters and The Teenie Weenies as a pastime. He later turned them into a...
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William Donahey (19 October 1883 – 2 February 1970) was a U.S. cartoon artist and creator of The Teenie Weenies, a comic strip about two-inch tall people living under a rosebush. The strip appeared in the Chicago Tribune for over 50 years. He drew The Teenie Weenies for a total of about 2100 strips.
Donahey was a very shy child when growing up. He would dream up imaginary characters and The Teenie Weenies as a pastime. He later turned them into a profession in the form of comic features in newspapers, books, and advertising.
Donahey spent much of his childhood alone because he was introverted. One of his pastimes was imagining strange creatures in a small world. He later claimed this was the birth of The Teenie Weenies. His parents, John C. Donahey and Catherine (Chaney) Donahey, noticing his creative work, enrolled him in the Cleveland School of Art. They had hoped that he would follow his older brother James Harrison Donahey (1875-1949) into the illustration business. Donahey...
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