Jimmy Hatlo(1898-1963)
- Writer
Born in Providence, Rhode Island, cartoonist Jimmy Hatlo is most famous
for his cartoon strip "Little Iodine", which was a spin-off from
another of his comic strips, "They'll Do It Every Time". Originally a
sports cartoonist for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin, he left that
field in 1929 and began the strip "They'll Do It Every Time". In 1936
King Features Syndicate picked it up for national syndication and it
quickly became a reader favorite. Hatlo was somewhat unusual for
cartoonists in that he would use suggestions for subjects that were
sent to him by readers, and when he did he let his readers know with
his signature "A Tip of the Hatlo Hat to . . ." in the lower right-hand
corner of the strip. He won several awards from national cartoonists'
organizations for his work. His strip "Little Iodine" was begun in 1943
as a spin-off from "They'll Do It", and it proved so popular that it
spawned a series of comic books that lasted for almost 15 years and
even a movie
(Little Iodine (1946)).
Hatlo died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1963.
Hatlo died in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, in 1963.
