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As the Johnny Gruelle page is currently written, the reader would think Gruelle burst onto the cartoon art scene in 1911 after winning a contest. In reality, Gruelle was by that time a 10 year veteran in the industry and was a regular contributor to many newspapers covering a broad geographical range, and was syndicated. Mostly under the pen name "GRUE" and sometimes just "G".
As someone who regularly reads newspapers of that era, I come across the GRUE signature time and time again. I've added references to two pre-1911 examples.
Moreover, a simple google search turns up two books, "Johnny Gruelle, Creator of Raggedy Ann and Andy" and "Raggedy Ann and Johnny Gruelle: A Bibliography of Published Works", both by Patricia Hall. Combining the free pages available through google books gives a detailed account of Gruelle's career prior to 1911. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Mobbunka (talk • contribs) 22:38, 16 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It is surprising that a patent would have been awarded for a rag doll in 1915. Similar rag dolls, printed cloth forms stuffed with rags, already existed. For example, the March 2nd 1914 Tacoma Times, page 4, contains a half page ad for "A Tango Rag Doll". This was offered as a premium for selling newspaper subscriptions. Perhaps the difference is that Raggedy Ann was pre-stuffed and sewn, whereas the tango rag doll was simply muslim with the dolls features printed on it.
http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn88085187/1914-03-02/ed-1/seq-4/DiffuseGoose (talk) 00:55, 27 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
