Richard Q. Yardley

Richard Quincy Yardley (March 11, 1903 – November 24, 1979)[1] was an editorial cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun, Maryland, United States. He joined the Sun in 1923, later replacing Edmund Duffy who left to take a cartoonist position at The Saturday Evening Post.[2] Yardley became known for his distinctive blend of unusual cartooning styles,[3] with Duffy later describing Yardley's work as "truly original."[4]

References
  1. "RICHARD Q. YARDLEY". The New York Times. AP. November 24, 1979. Retrieved July 1, 2019.
  2. Francis F. Beirne (1 October 1984). The Amiable Baltimoreans. JHU Press. pp. 324–. ISBN 978-0-8018-2513-2. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  3. H. L. Mencken; Fred Hobson; Vincent Fitzpatrick (6 September 2006). Thirty-Five Years of Newspaper Work: A Memoir by H. L. Mencken. JHU Press. pp. 36–. ISBN 978-0-8018-8556-3. Retrieved 7 April 2012.
  4. Stanley L. Harrison; Edmund Duffy (1 September 1998). The Editorial Art of Edmund Duffy. Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press. pp. 300–. ISBN 978-0-8386-3766-1. Retrieved 7 April 2012.


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