Marvin Townsend

{{short description|American cartoonist}}

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Marvin Townsend (July 2, 1915 - November 26, 1999) was an American cartoonist known for his gag comics featured in various publications including Treasure Chest Fun and Fact,{{cite web|url=https://comicbook.com/category/marvin-townsend-comiccontributor |title=Marvin Townsend |publisher=Comicbook.com |date=2018-11-22 |accessdate=2018-12-10}} Cartoon Spice, and pulp magazines such as Amazing Stories, Argosy and others.{{cite web|url=https://www.pulpartists.com/Harrison.html |title=Catalog |publisher=Pulpartists.com |date= |accessdate=2018-12-10}}

Townsend was born in Kansas City, Missouri.{{Cite web|url=https://www.artprice.com/artist/194359/marvin-j-townsend/biography|title=Marvin J. TOWNSEND (1915) - Biography, life, background and work by Artprice}}

Bibliography

A significant collection of his materials, including fan mail and a Certificate of Merit for cartooning, are housed in the Syracuse University Library.{{Cite web|url=https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/t/townsend_m.htm|title = Marvin Townsend Papers an inventory of his papers at Syracuse University}}

  • Laugh Out (1970)
  • Ghostly Ghastly Cartoons (1971){{cite web|author=Todd Franklin |url=http://neatocoolville.blogspot.com/2007/10/ghostly-ghastly-cartoons.html |title=Neato Coolville: GHOSTLY GHASTLY CARTOONS |publisher=Neatocoolville.blogspot.com |date=2007-10-04 |accessdate=2018-12-10}}
  • Laugh It Up (1974)

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  • Moontoons Jokes & Riddles (1970)
  • Fun for All: Jokes and Cartoons to Make You Laugh (1977)

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