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31-452: Hero Illustrated was published by Warrior Publications of Lombard, Illinois . Its premiere issue was dated July 1993 and it ceased publication in the spring of 1996. In addition to at least 26 regular issues, numerous specials were published, including Hero Premiere Edition s (a series of ashcan copy printings of forthcoming comics), Hero Illustrated Special s, and Hero Special Edition s. This comics -related magazine article

62-502: A Lafayette daily. He could trace his American ancestry back to 17th-century settlers. He grew up on farms in Illinois and Indiana, and worked in construction to pay his college tuition at Purdue University . He graduated with a degree in engineering by 1917. Gray approached cartoonist John T. McCutcheon for advice on breaking into the cartooning field. He could not immediately get cartooning work, but McCutcheon's influence got him work as

93-462: A conservative in the 1920s: he was more of a general populist, hostile to loan sharks and speculators while celebrating hard working ordinary people whether they're successful ("Daddy" Warbucks) or not (the poor struggling farmers, the Silos). In the 1920s, Gray even defended labor unions, having Annie launch a successful one-girl strike against a boss who mistreats her. Gray's political opinions would take on

124-652: A crudely drawn melodrama to a crisply rendered atmospheric story with novelistic plot threads. The dialogue consisted mainly of meditations on Gray's own deeply conservative political philosophy. Gray made no secret of his dislike for the New Deal ways of President Franklin Roosevelt and would often decry unions and other things he saw as impediments to the hard-working American way of life. Critic Jeet Heer , who did his thesis on Gray and wrote introductions to IDW's Little Orphan Annie collections, commented: Gray wasn't really

155-467: A more partisan salience in the 1930s when the presidency of Franklin Roosevelt polarized American politics into those who saw the New Deal as the salvation for the working class and those who saw it as the end of American liberty. Gray fell into the anti-FDR camp and Annie became much more explicitly right-wing ... There might be aspects of Gray's life that didn't make it into his strip. There are rumors that he

186-613: A reporter for the Chicago Tribune before he enlisted in the military for World War I , where he was a bayonet instructor for six months. Discharged from the military, he returned to the Chicago Tribune and stayed until 1919 when he left to freelance in commercial art. In 1923, while residing in Lombard, Illinois , he became a Freemason . From 1921 to 1924, he did the lettering for Sidney Smith 's The Gumps . After he came up with

217-468: A strip idea in 1924 for Little Orphan Otto , the title was altered by Chicago Tribune editor Joseph Medill Patterson to Little Orphan Annie , launched August 5, 1924. Gray's first wife, Doris C. Platt, died in late 1925. He married Winifred Frost in 1929, and the couple moved to Greens Farms, Connecticut , spending winters in La Jolla, California . By the 1930s, Little Orphan Annie had evolved from

248-512: A very strong sense of the man in his work, which is one reason it's one of the major comic strips ... Sidney Smith (creator of The Gumps ) was a giant of his day whose place in history has largely been forgotten. Throughout the 1920s and later, The Gumps was one of the top strips in America, loved by millions. What set The Gumps apart from earlier strips was that, although it had a comic element, Smith also often embraced wholehearted melodrama. It

279-457: A week from May to October every year. There is a food cooperative slated to open sometime in 2024 in town. Lombard's high schools (9-12) belong to Glenbard Township High School District 87 . They are shared with the neighboring town of Glen Ellyn, thus the creation of the portmanteau word "Glenbard". Lombard's elementary and middle schools (K-8) belong to Lombard School District 44 or DuPage School District 45. The Village of Lombard

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341-497: Is a 16-day festival ending in mid-May. It starts with the Lilac Queen coronation and her court. Many lilac themed events take place, including a formal ball, concerts, wine and beer tasting in the park, a Mothers' Day Brunch, an arts and crafts fair, and tours of the park. The grand finale is Lombard's Lilac Festival Parade. The first Lilac Princess in 1930 was Adeline Fleege. There is a farmers market held in downtown Lombard once

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372-461: Is a non-home rule community. It has a council–manager form of government. Each elective office is held for a four-year term. Lombard is located at 41°52′34″N 88°0′54″W  /  41.87611°N 88.01500°W  / 41.87611; -88.01500 (41.875979, -88.015060). According to the 2021 census gazetteer files, Lombard has a total area of 10.41 square miles (26.96 km ), of which 10.22 square miles (26.47 km ) (or 98.21%)

403-504: Is a village in DuPage County , Illinois , United States , and a suburb of Chicago . The population was 44,476 at the 2020 census. Originally part of Potawatomi Native American landscape, the Lombard area was first settled by Americans of European descent in the 1830s. Lombard shares its early history with Glen Ellyn . Brothers Ralph and Morgan Babcock settled in a grove of trees along

434-616: Is land and 0.19 square miles (0.49 km ) (or 1.79%) is water. As of the 2020 census there were 44,476 people, 17,030 households, and 10,914 families residing in the village. The population density was 4,274.07 inhabitants per square mile (1,650.23/km ). There were 19,150 housing units at an average density of 1,840.28 per square mile (710.54/km ). The racial makeup of the village was 70.83% White , 4.62% African American , 0.35% Native American , 13.15% Asian , 0.01% Pacific Islander , 3.82% from other races , and 7.21% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 10.17% of

465-499: The Chicago Great Western Railway . These former railroads have been preserved as multiple use recreational trails ( Illinois Prairie Path and Great Western Trail ). Pace provides bus service on multiple routes connecting Lombard to Naperville, Cicero, and other destinations. The Yorktown Center serves as a hub for bus routes in the area. Harold Gray Harold Lincoln Gray (January 20, 1894 – May 9, 1968)

496-538: The DuPage River . In what was known as Babcock's Grove , Lombard developed to the east and Glen Ellyn to the west. In 1837, Babcock's Grove was connected to Chicago by a stagecoach line which stopped at Stacy's Tavern at Geneva and St. Charles Roads. Fertile land, the DuPage River , and plentiful timber drew farmers to the area. Sheldon and Harriet Peck moved from Onondaga, New York , to this area in 1837 to farm 80 acres (320,000 m ) of land. In addition, Peck

527-422: The best example of this: both of them are so strong and forceful and memorable. Once you read their adventures, it's hard to forget them as people. Gray sometimes ghosted Little Joe (1933–1972), the strip by his assistant (and cousin) Ed Leffingwell which was continued by Ed's brother Robert. Maw Green , a spin-off of Annie , was published as a topper to Little Orphan Annie . It mixed vaudeville timing with

558-478: The estate of Colonel William Plum, a local resident, was bequeathed to the village. The Plum property included his home, which became the site of the original Helen M. Plum Memorial Library (decommissioned in 2023), and a large garden containing 200 varieties of lilac bushes. This garden became a public park, Lilacia Park . Since 1930, Lombard has hosted an annual Lilac Festival and parade in May. "Lilac Time in Lombard,"

589-470: The other fell backwards into a barrel of flour. They acquiesced to Ellen, but fundamentally did not want to let the women vote, so a county judge was asked to decide. He agreed that the women were right. Ellen Martin then became the first woman in Illinois to vote, and one of the first in the entire U.S. In 1916 Illinois women could vote in national elections, but the 19th Amendment (the Women's Suffrage Amendment)

620-399: The population. There were 17,030 households, out of which 28.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.20% were married couples living together, 9.82% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.91% were non-families. 29.47% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size

651-646: The same deeply conservative attitudes as Annie . Films, radio and merchandising made Gray a multi-millionaire. He died of cancer at the Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla on May 9, 1968, at the age of 74. Harold Gray's work is in the Special Collections Department at the Boston University Library. The Gray collection includes artwork, printed material, correspondence, manuscripts and photographs. The collection contains

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682-521: The studio of Harold Gray, the originator of Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip. Harold Gray used the home's study to work on the Annie cartoons, and some features of the house are drawn into some of his cartoons, such as the grand staircase and the outer deck. Gray lived at 215 S. Stewart Ave in Lombard at this time. Later, he remarried and moved to the east coast. Harold Gray was a charter member of Lombard Masonic Lodge #1098, A.F. & A.M. in 1923. In 1927,

713-741: The top employers in the city are: Lombard is served by Metra 's Union Pacific West Line , which runs from the Ogilvie Transportation Center out to Elburn, Illinois over the old Chicago and Northwestern Railway trackage. Lombard's also served by I-88 / Illinois 110 and I-355 as well as Illinois Routes 38 , 53 , 56 , and 64 . Formerly, it was also served by trains of the Chicago Aurora and Elgin Railroad (with commuter stops at Stewart Ave, Main St, Brewster Ave and Westmore/Meyers Road) and

744-419: The train station. Lombard was officially incorporated in 1869, named after Chicago banker and real estate developer Josia Lewis Lombard. On April 6, 1891, Ellen A. Martin led a group of women to the voting place at the general store. She demanded that the three male election judges allow the women to vote. The judges were so surprised that one of them had a "spasm," one leaned against the wall for support, and

775-412: The village was $ 86,167, and the median income for a family was $ 100,420. Males had a median income of $ 58,398 versus $ 40,411 for females. The per capita income for the village was $ 41,154. About 3.5% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 4.5% of those under age 18 and 5.9% of those age 65 or over. According to Lombard's 2020 Comprehensive Annual Financial Report,

806-402: Was 3.23 and the average family size was 2.54. The village's age distribution consisted of 20.4% under the age of 18, 9.0% from 18 to 24, 29% from 25 to 44, 25.8% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37.7 years. For every 100 females, there were 93.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 91.7 males. The median income for a household in

837-547: Was a skirt-chaser, and that's something that doesn't show up much in Annie , although you can catch hints of it here and there ... Newspaper cartooning is like keeping a daily diary: even if you're writing only about the weather and shopping, bits of your personality will seep into the work. In Gray's case, the strip reflected his flinty world view, his love of hard work, his populist spirit, and also his fear of those he thought were undermining society by their laziness and meanness. You get

868-515: Was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the newspaper comic strip Little Orphan Annie . Harold Gray was born in Kankakee, Illinois on January 20, 1894, to Estella Mary ( née  Rosencrans ) and Ira Lincoln Gray, a farmer. Both parents died before he finished high school in 1912 in West Lafayette, Indiana , where the family had moved. In 1913, he got his first newspaper job at

899-758: Was an artist and primitive portrait painter who traveled to clients across northeastern Illinois. The Peck house also served as the area's first school and has been restored by the Lombard Historical Society. In 2011, the Peck House was inducted into the National Park Service's Network to Freedom —a list of verified Underground Railroad locations. The 1848 arrival of the Galena and Chicago Union Railroad provided local farmers and merchants rail access to Chicago, and commercial buildings soon sprang up around

930-576: Was not passed until 1920. In 2008, Lombard declared April 6 to be "Ellen Martin Day" in commemoration of Ms. Martin's historic victory for women's suffrage. William LeRoy built a home in the Italianate style on Lombard's Main Street in 1881. LeRoy specialized in making artificial limbs for civil war veterans and lived in this house until 1900. The house would eventually become the home of Harold Gray 's parents and

961-442: Was the first real soap opera strip, with the fate of characters unfolding in month-long narratives ... It's an interesting question why Gray's work continues to be remembered and indeed loved while Smith has been forgotten. I suspect the answer to the question has something to do with Gray's skill at characterization. Like Charles Dickens, Gray had a natural gift for creating characters that are vivid and lifelike. Annie and Warbucks are

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