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re: 1972's How the Firefly Lost His Heat by Navarro and Hanratty
I think I may have found out who Hanratty is.
John Platt's recent post at
http://bicentennialcomics.blogspot.com/2016/07/how-astrology-comic-strip-celebrated.html
gave me the name Elmarine for that 1976 NEA feature.
That led me on a hunt for who that was,
which led me to Elmarine J. Hanratty.
In her 1955 high school (West Technical High School, Cleveland) yearbook she took a "Special Art" course and her ambition was to be a commercial artist. The yearbook's prophecy had her as a "Park Avenue Artist".
She was Elmarine J. Howard then, but her eventual married name was Elmarine J. Hanratty. She was born April 4, 1937.
Many of the This Week in Astrology features
were signed by the artist as "E.H", but in 1976 she seems to have signed, at least a few, as "Elmarine".
http://preview.tinyurl.com/zpwppuo
Her 1976 art is a bit more detailed and is more closely aligned with the NEA Christmas strip art.
http://preview.tinyurl.com/jlx6zlu
I think I found Hanratty.
Still on the lookout for Navarro.
D.D.Degg
Jul 17, 2016, 8:46:17 PM
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