death_date death_place birth_place subcat nationality art birth_date image article_title name
11 march 2012 inman , south carolina cleveland , ohio american american y 24 may 1919 sidcouchey1.jpg sid couchey
 sid couchey
sid couchey

sid couchey -lrb- may 24 , 1919 -- march 11 , 2012 -rrb- was an american comic book artist best known for his work on the harvey comics characters richie rich , little lotta and little dot .
his style is known for big , friendly faces and a sharp sense of visual humor .
born in cleveland , ohio , couchey enrolled in the landon school of illustration and cartooning , a correspondence course out of cleveland .
he continued to practice his craft on the back of his school papers .
he cited milton caniff 's `` steve canyon '' , alex raymond 's `` flash gordon '' and howard pyle among his influences .
