Jean Knott (b. 1883)

Born: 1883 June 15 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Died: 1937 June 5 in St. Louis, Missouri, United States

Biography: Cartoonist and comic strip artist, Jean Knott worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch from 1903 to 1916, known for his poker cartoons, Penny Ante.

In 1916, Knott signed a two-year contract with Hearst for its newspaper syndicates. He worked on the following comic strips:
Eddie's Friends daily panel (International Feature Service) 1922-XX-XX - 1929-12-14 [Writer, artist.];
Eddie's Friends Sunday (International Feature Service) 1918-07-07 - 1929-07-08 ? [Writer, artist.];
Indoor Sports daily panel (King Features Syndicate) 1930-12-22 - 1931-07-14 [Writer, artist.];
It Can't Be Done daily (New York American) 1916-06-13 - 1916-09-25 [Writer, artist.];
Just Like a Man daily (International Feature Service) 1922-04-XX - 1929-XX-XX [Writer, artist.];
Let the Wedding Bells Ring Out daily (King Features Syndicate) 1916-09-26 - 1936-02-08 ? [Writer, artist.];
Mamma's Boy Sunday (New York World) 1918-XX-XX - 1918-XX-XX [Writer, artist.];
Penny Ante (International Feature Service) 1916-02-07 - 1922-XX-XX [Writer, artist.];
That Family Next Door Sunday (New York World) 1917-XX-XX - 1918-XX-XX [Writer, artist.]

As his syndicate worked ended, Knott worked in commercial advertising illustrations until his death in 1937.

Notes: Being a man with the name Jean, Knott's first name was often misspelled as Gene in newspaper articles about him.

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