Martha is known for her Depression era comic strip, Apple Mary (1932). It was about an old woman who sold apples on a street corner that featured a cast of friends and family who were equally poor, but had good souls. She continued the comic for seven years until she decided to retire and raise […]
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Originally assistant to Martha Orr, Dale Conner took over the Depression era comic strip, Apple Mary from 1939, and continued to work on it with writer Allen Saunders. Under Conner and Saunders, the comic strip changed dramatically; the strip itself was changed to Mary Worth’s Family. The strip was signed under a combination of both […]
