"The Rembrandt of Comics"
Creator of some of America's favorite cartoon characters, Milton Caniff was born in Hillsboro in 1907 and graduated from Ohio State University in 1930. He created his first comic strip in 1932 for the Associated Press Syndicate, and in 1934 introduced "Terry and the Pirates," an innovative serial adventure featuring believable characters drawn with unprecedented realism. Enormously popular through the World War II years for both "Terry" and the comic strip "Male Call," which he created for the U.S. military's Camp Newspaper Service, Caniff subsequently introduced "Steve Canyon" in 1947. "Steve Canyon" ran for forty-one years until Caniff's death in 1988. Credited with influencing generations of successful cartoonists, Caniff brought adventure, suspense, and sensuality to what had been largely a medium for humor and melodrama.| HM Number | HM2AN6 |
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| Series | This marker is part of the Ohio: Ohio Historical Society series |
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| Year Placed | 2003 |
| Placed By | Ohio Bicentennial Commission and The Ohio Historical Society |
| Marker Condition | No reports yet |
| Date Added | Tuesday, August 21st, 2018 at 2:02pm PDT -07:00 |
| UTM (WGS84 Datum) | 17S E 273670 N 4342646 |
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| Decimal Degrees | 39.20361667, -83.62110000 |
| Degrees and Decimal Minutes | N 39° 12.217', W 83° 37.266' |
| Degrees, Minutes and Seconds | 39° 12' 13.02" N, 83° 37' 15.96" W |
| Driving Directions | Google Maps |
| Area Code(s) | 937, 740 |
| Which side of the road? | Marker is on the right when traveling West |
| Closest Postal Address | At or near 10 Willettsville Pike, Hillsboro OH 45133, US |
| Alternative Maps | Google Maps, MapQuest, Bing Maps, Yahoo Maps, MSR Maps, OpenCycleMap, MyTopo Maps, OpenStreetMap |
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