Complex sentence: A former letterer for Sidney Smith on "the Gumps", he came up with a strip idea in 1924 for "Little Orphan Otto", the title quickly altered by the Chicago Tribune's editor to "Little Orphan Annie".
Split into simpler sentences: A former letterer for Sidney Smith on "The Gumps", he came up with a strip idea in 1924 for "Little Orphan Otto". The title was quickly altered by the "Chicago Tribune" editor to "Little Orphan Annie".