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The cartoonist could possibly be Jay Norwood ('Ding') Darling.
Born on October 21, 1876, in Norwood, Michigan; he died on February 12, 1962.
http://www.ding-darling.org/images/photo.jpg
http://www.beloit.edu/archives/documents/archival_documents/images/ding_darling.png
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"In 1911, Ding accepted a position at the New York Globe so that his work could reach a larger audience through its new national syndication service. He was unhappy at the Globe, however, where he was pressured to draw cartoons that reflected its editorial views and asked to do comic strips. When an old injury to his right elbow flared up and impaired his ability to draw, he tried to teach himself to draw with his left hand. Adding to his general unhappiness was the fact that despite making more money, he had financial problems. A bright spot of the time in New York was the birth of a daughter, Mary. In 1913, he returned to Iowa and the Des Moines Register and Leader. To accommodate his painful elbow, he devised a technique by which he made his drawings in small versions which were projected and enlarged, then traced by an assistant."
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http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ding/who.html
http://www.ding-darling.org/about.html
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"When an old injury to his right elbow flared up and impaired his ability to draw, he tried to teach himself to draw with his left hand."
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From http://www.rancho.org/gi_stories.htm
"...his right side paralyzed, when he arrived at Rancho Los Amigos in 1995. He had lost feeling in his painting hand and arm as well as his right leg. Rancho team physical, occupational and recreation therapists worked with Steve hour after hour, helping him build the bridge to his dream of painting again.
“But my vision to paint again and Rancho’s persistent therapists brought me back each time to try again. “Even in the depths of depression, there was a part of my soul that would not let go of being an artist,” he said. One Sunday, he got the first glimpse of his future possibilities as he was able to draw an image with his left hand."
http://www.rancho.org/images/ps_sclay.gif
From the 20's or 30's you say? Well, hold on... I'm gonna keep looking!
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May 02, 2009 04:22 AM
Famous cartoonist from the '20s or '30s who injured his right hand and learned to draw with his left hand.
I don't think it was Rube Goldberg, but it was someone along those lines. In a matter of weeks he learned to draw with his opposite hand.
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| May 02, 2009 04:56 AM |
Born on October 21, 1876, in Norwood, Michigan; he died on February 12, 1962.
From the source...
"In 1911, Ding accepted a position at the New York Globe so that his work could reach a larger audience through its new national syndication service. He was unhappy at the Globe, however, where he was pressured to draw cartoons that reflected its editorial views and asked to do comic strips. When an old injury to his right elbow flared up and impaired his ability to draw, he tried to teach himself to draw with his left hand. Adding to his general unhappiness was the fact that despite making more money, he had financial problems. A bright spot of the time in New York was the birth of a daughter, Mary. In 1913, he returned to Iowa and the Des Moines Register and Leader. To accommodate his painful elbow, he devised a technique by which he made his drawings in small versions which were projected and enlarged, then traced by an assistant."
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http://digital.lib.uiowa.edu/ding/who.html
http://www.ding-darling.org/about.html
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May 02, 2009 04:49 AM
Are you thinking of J.N. 'Ding' Darling, maybe? "When an old injury to his right elbow flared up and impaired his ability to draw, he tried to teach himself to draw with his left hand."
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May 05, 2009 02:38 AM
Is it possible that this is such a stumper because the artist was a woman, instead of a guy?
"From the ages of nine to fifteen Yeoman was confined to bed with Tuberculosis of the spine, and in her teens she lost two fingers of her right hand, subsequently learning to write and draw with her left." - http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/berylyeoman/biography
http://www.punchcartoons.com/m4/Anton-(Antonia-Yeoman)/index.html
http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/img/standard/04/1804/01804.jpg
http://www.punchcartoons.com/images/M/1940.05.15.540.jpg
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"From the ages of nine to fifteen Yeoman was confined to bed with Tuberculosis of the spine, and in her teens she lost two fingers of her right hand, subsequently learning to write and draw with her left." - http://www.cartoons.ac.uk/artists/berylyeoman/biography
http://www.punchcartoons.com/m4/Anton-(Antonia-Yeoman)/index.html
May 05, 2009 05:12 AM
Oh, that would be excellent if it was a woman! But I'm sure it was a guy, as I remember a photo of him at his drawing desk, with a tie and vest. It was from a book of cartoons my Grandmother had, and the story kind of stuck with me, but now I can't remember who it was... (obviously).
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May 02, 2009 06:49 PM
Well, apart from Leonardo da Vinci, who suffered an injury in his right hand, making him use it only for small strokes, there is Steve Clay from the 1990's: From http://www.rancho.org/gi_stories.htm
"...his right side paralyzed, when he arrived at Rancho Los Amigos in 1995. He had lost feeling in his painting hand and arm as well as his right leg. Rancho team physical, occupational and recreation therapists worked with Steve hour after hour, helping him build the bridge to his dream of painting again.
“But my vision to paint again and Rancho’s persistent therapists brought me back each time to try again. “Even in the depths of depression, there was a part of my soul that would not let go of being an artist,” he said. One Sunday, he got the first glimpse of his future possibilities as he was able to draw an image with his left hand."
From the 20's or 30's you say? Well, hold on... I'm gonna keep looking!
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www.rancho.org
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May 04, 2009 03:19 PM
This isn't the guy, but it's an interesting story that I didn't know about! The artist I'm thinking about may have been british, he had a pretty dense drawing style with lots of cross-hatching...
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