Denys Wortman

Denys Wortman (May 2, 1887 – September 20, 1958) was a painter, cartoonist and comic strip creator. His work was the subject of an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York in 2011. From 1924 to 1954 he drew the comic strip Metropolitan Movies, which ran in the New York World and was syndicated nationwide.

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