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| V. T. Hamlin | |
| Born | Vincent Trout Hamlin 10 May 1900 [1][2] Perry, Iowa, USA |
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| Died | 14 June 1993 (aged 93) Florida |
| Cause of death | Illness |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
| Known for | Alley Oop |
| Spouse(s) | Dorothy Stapleton (1926 - 1985) |
| Children | 2 |
Vincent Trout Hamlin (10 May 1900 – 14 June 1993) creator of the comic strip Alley Oop, was born in Perry, Iowa on 10 May 1900. In 1918, he served with the American Expeditionary Forces in France. After the war, he attended college, and worked at various jobs around the country, including working in the oil fields of Texas, and on various newspapers as a reporter, photographer and cartoonist. In 1925 he married high-school sweetheart Dorothy Stapleton. He created the Alley Oop comic strip in 1932 while working at the Des Moines Register, and he wrote and drew the strip (sometimes with the help of assistant Dave Graue) until 1971. Hamlin died in Florida in 1993 at the age of 93.
External links
http://www.thecartoonists.ca/index_files/2006pages/TC%20-%20VT%20Hamlin.html
Des Moines Register's FAMOUS IOWANS column about V.T. Hamlin
CAVEMAN: V.T. HAMLIN & ALLEY OOP, a documentary film about Hamlin's life.
V.T. Hamlin Archives at the University of Missouri
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