Daniel Day

CTL-E-4232 · Person · artist · 1927-1940s

PROVISIONAL evidence grade of this record

Chicago Defender cartoonist; apprentice of Leslie Rogers who at age 14 (1927) had comics running in the Defender; regular strip 'Spotty'; left cartooning in World War II to become an Army lieutenant colonel.

Notes

RELP97 supporting entity: edge endpoint for CTL-E-1146 worked_under. Identity-checked 2026-10-06: no collision.

Relationships

Leslie Rogers — worked under
Daniel Day apprenticed under Leslie Rogers.

Sources

In These Times, 'The Radical History of Black Cartoonists'. https://inthesetimes.com/article/chicago-black-comics-culture-history
School Library Journal, 'Black Comics Pioneers'. https://www.slj.com/story/black-comics-pioneers-black-history-graphic-novels

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