 He also wrote the books and lyrics for the musical revue, "Americana" which opened on Broadway in 1926 and was revived in 1928 and 1932.McEvoy is perhaps best known as the creator and writer of the popular newspaper comic strip "Dixie Dugan", based on "Show Girl", which had been serialized in a national magazine with illustrations by John H. Striebel, who continued on as the illustrator of the comic strip.With the title character resembling actress Louise Brooks, the strip was distributed by the McNaught Syndicate and had a long run from 1929 to 1966.