Delmar Loop in University City in St. Louis County, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Mike Peters
Born October 9, 1943
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Mike Peters Marker
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Mike Peters. Born October 9, 1943. One of America's preeminent cartoonists, Mike Peters was born and raised in St. Louis. After graduating from CBS High, he earned a fine arts degree at Washington University in 1965. By 1972 his editorial cartoons were syndicated nationally. In 1981 they won him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1984 he launched the zany enormously popular comic strip "Mother Goose and Grimm," eventually published in more than 800 newspapers worldwide. The recipient of virtually every major honor in his profession. Peters has published over 40 collections of his work imbued with both a charming, boyish sense of humor and a satirist's ready wit, the cartoons of Mike Peters are equally at home on the comic and editorial pages.
One of America's preeminent cartoonists, Mike Peters was born and raised in St. Louis. After graduating from CBS High, he earned a fine arts degree at Washington University in 1965. By 1972 his editorial cartoons were syndicated nationally. In 1981 they won him a Pulitzer Prize. In 1984 he launched the zany enormously popular comic strip "Mother Goose & Grimm," eventually published in more than 800 newspapers worldwide. The recipient of virtually every major honor in his profession. Peters has published over 40 collections of his work imbued with both a charming, boyish sense of humor and a satirist's ready wit, the cartoons of Mike Peters are equally at home on the comic and editorial pages.
Location. 38° 39.368′ N, 90° 18.461′ W. Marker is in University City, Missouri, in St. Louis County. It is in Delmar Loop. Marker is on Delmar Boulevard east of Kingsland Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6644 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Also see . . . Mike Peters on Wikipedia. (Submitted on January 29, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois.)
Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 114 times since then and 7 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 11, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.
