The Strange World of Mr. Mum: Empty-Grave Motley Edition - Paperback

Irving Walter Phillips (1904 - 2000) was a notable American cartoonist, author, playwright, illustrator, television scriptwriter, and educator. He was born in Wilton, Wisconsin and studied at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. During the Great Depression Phillips was freelancing his cartoons to thirty-six different newspapers. He served as head of the humor staff at Esquire magazine in the late 1930's. He taught humor writing at Maripoca Tech and Phoenix College in Arizona. The cartoon character Mr. Mum was just one of Phillips' many creations. He wrote the script for Song of the Open Road (1944) as well as Delightfully Dangerous (1945). He wrote and co-wrote over 250 television scripts and a number of plays for Matinee Theater. Phillips provided scripts and animation work for the ABC children's program Curiosity Shop (1971). His contributions to the cartoon world include Mr. Mum, Scuffy, and Barnaby Bungle.