A Crowded Life in Comics – Dwig and Billy Marriner

by Rick Marschall





1– Book illustration
by Billy Marriner, from Billy Burgundy’s Letters (1902)




Dwig’s Rime Of the Ancient
Marriner



(Clare Victor Dwiggins and Billy Marriner)


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“Dwig” is a
signature that was commonly seen in American comic strips, book illustration,
and other cartooning venues during the entire first half the 20th
century.



Clare Victor
Dwiggins (1874-1958)