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Dale Messick

Dale MessickAKA Dalia Messick

Born: 11-Apr-1906
Birthplace: South Bend, IN
Died: 5-Apr-2005
Location of death: Penngrove, CA
Cause of death: Natural Causes

Gender: Female
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Cartoonist

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Comic strip Brenda Starr

Creator of woman reporter Brenda Starr, which debuted in the New York Daily News on 30 June 1940. She was the first woman to draw a nationally syndicated comic strip.

Husband: Everett George (div., one child)
Daughter: Starr Rohrman
Husband: Oscar Strom (div.)

    University: Ray Commercial Art School, Chicago, IL

    Stroke 1998





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