What is Mell Lazarus?
[[File:Mell Lazarus, 1973.jpg|thumb|Mell Lazarus in 1973]] '''Mell Lazarus''' (May 3, 1927<ref name=CBG1285>{{cite journal|first=John Jackson|last=Miller|url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|title=Comics Industry Birthdays|journal=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]]|number=1485|date=June 10, 2005|access-date=December 12, 2010|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/5trAbNQWw?url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays|archive-date=October 30, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> – May 24, 2016)<ref name=ncsobit>{{cite web| url= http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/| title=Mell Lazarus 1927-2016| publisher=[[National Cartoonists Society]] | date= May 24, 2016}}</ref> was an [[Americans|American]] [[cartoonist]]. He was born in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. He was best known as the creator of two [[comic strip]]s, ''[[Miss Peach]]'' (1957–2002) and ''[[Momma]]'' (1970–2016). He wrote two novels. For his comic strip ''Pauline McPeril'' (a 1966-69 collaboration with [[Jack Rickard]]), he used the pseudonym '''Fulton''', which is also the name of a character in his first novel, ''The Boss Is Crazy, Too''. Lazarus served as President of the [[National Cartoonists Society]] from 1989 to 1993. Lazarus died on May 24, 2016 at his home in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]] from complications of [[Alzheimer's disease]], aged 89.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2016/05/25/rip-mell-lazarus-colleagues-salute-the-warm-wit-of-the-momma-and-miss-peach-creator/|title=R.I.P., Mell Lazarus: Colleagues salute the warm wit of the 'Momma' and 'Miss Peach' comics creator|newspaper=[[Washington Post]]|date=May 25, 2016|access-date=May 25, 2016|author=Michael Cavna}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *[http://www.lambiek.net/artists/l/lazarus_m.htm Mell Lazarus] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]] {{DEFAULTSORT:Lazarus, Mell}} [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Deat