April 1920 (hat-tip Figure Drawing blog) Many of these creators are counted amongst the pantheon of cartooning greats: Carl Barks , Gladys Parker (Mopsy), Roy Crane (Wash Tubbs/Buz Sawyer), Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates/Steve Canyon), Gil Fox , Bill Mauldin , and “the nation’s first full-time female editorial cartoonist,” Edwina