{"id":1962,"date":"2014-11-07T06:34:01","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T12:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/?p=1962"},"modified":"2014-11-07T06:34:01","modified_gmt":"2014-11-07T12:34:01","slug":"gruelle-johnny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/gruelle-johnny\/","title":{"rendered":"Gruelle, Johnny"},"content":{"rendered":"<table class=\"ae_table alignright\" style=\"width: auto; height: auto;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1966 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/ph_gruel.jpg\" alt=\"Johnny Gruelle\" width=\"140\" height=\"186\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-top-right\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1963 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bk_camel.jpg\" alt=\"Raggedy Anne and Andy\" width=\"120\" height=\"183\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-left\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1965 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bk_orpha.jpg\" alt=\"Orphant Annie\" width=\"110\" height=\"164\" \/><\/td>\n<td class=\"ae_cell-bot-right\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1964 size-full\" title=\"book-cover-generic\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bookologymagazine.com\/resources\/authors-emeritus\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/bk_marce.jpg\" alt=\"Marcella\" width=\"110\" height=\"161\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Born in Illinois on\u00a0December 25, 1880, John Barton Gruelle<b class=\"text10ptbold\">\u00a0<\/b>is best known for creating Raggedy Ann and Andy. He worked for several newspapers and magazines in Indianapolis and New York, illustrating their articles, and working on cartoon strips. In 1929, his comic strip, &#8220;Brutus,&#8221; began a nine-year run.<\/p>\n<p>In 1915, his daughter, Marcella, found her grandmother&#8217;s doll in an attic trunk. It had no face, so Johnny Gruelle drew one. Family and friends thought the doll was unique, so his immediate family began making enough dolls by hand so they could acquire a registered trademark.<\/p>\n<p>The PF Volland Company started publishing the Raggedy Ann stories in 1918 and in 1922 the &#8220;Adventures of Raggedy Ann and Andy&#8221; began their syndicated run in newspapers, eventually becoming two of the most enduring children&#8217;s book characters.<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Gruelle died in 1938.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ae-byline\">\u2014\u00a0Vicki Palmquist<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in Illinois on\u00a0December 25, 1880, John Barton Gruelle\u00a0is best known for creating Raggedy Ann and Andy. He worked for several newspapers and magazines in Indianapolis and New York, illustrating their articles, and working on cartoon strips. In 1929, his comic strip, &#8220;Brutus,&#8221; began a nine-year run. 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