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Tuesday Runaround – Wee Pals Pass On
Comics Alliance eulogises Morrie Turner, the first black nationally syndicated cartoonist in the US. In the early 1960s, Turner began questioning why there were no minority characters in cartoons At the suggestion of Charles Schulz — whom he called his mentor — and comedian and social activist Dick Gregory, Turner went on to create Wee Pals[...]