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Ted Shearer

1919–1992

United States

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Thaddeus Shearer (November 1, 1919 – December 26, 1992) was an African-American advertising art director and cartoonist whose 1970–1986 Quincy was one of the earliest mainstream comic strips to star an African American in the lead role.

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