# Arch Dale

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**Archibald Dale** (May 31, 1882 in [Dundee](/source/Dundee)[1] – 1962 in [Winnipeg](/source/Winnipeg)) was a Scottish-born cartoonist, who lived and worked for most of his adult life in [Canada](/source/Canada) and [Chicago](/source/Chicago).[2]

Dale began his cartooning career as a teenager, doing various illustrated work for newspapers such as *[Glasgow Evening News](/source/Glasgow_Evening_News)*.[2] In the early 1920s, while living in Chicago, Dale created the comic strip *The Doo Dads*, which ran in several Canadian newspapers throughout the decade and reportedly also enjoyed success in [merchandising](/source/Merchandising). According to comics historian [Bill Blackbeard](/source/Bill_Blackbeard), *The Doo Dads* seems to have been heavily influenced by the critically acclaimed comic strip *[Krazy Kat](/source/Krazy_Kat)*.[3]

He subsequently moved to Canada, where he produced several cartoons for the *[Grain Growers' Guide](/source/Grain_Growers'_Guide)*.[1] Dale retired in 1954, after working as a freelance artist at the *[Winnipeg Free Press](/source/Winnipeg_Free_Press)*[1] for several decades.[2]

His daughter Julie Dale was also a cartoonist.

## References

1. [Arch Dale – The Pictorial Spokesman of the West](http://www.mhs.mb.ca/docs/transactions/3/archdale.shtml), by Peter Kuch, Transactions of the [Manitoba Historical Society](/source/Manitoba_Historical_Society), Series 3, 1962-63 Season; retrieved October 17, 2017

1. [https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dale_arch.htm](https://www.lambiek.net/artists/d/dale_arch.htm) Lambiek Comiclopedia: Arch Dale

1. [Bill Blackbeard](/source/Bill_Blackbeard) (2002). *Krazy & Ignatz 1927–1928: "Love Letters In Ancient Brick"*, p. 11. [Fantagraphics](/source/Fantagraphics). ISBN 1560975075.

## External links

- [Profile of Dale](http://punchincanada.blogspot.ca/2008/11/comic-art-of-arch-dale.html) at *Punch in Canada*

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