Sunday, August 18, 2019

The Great Dayton Daily News Bird-Gray Morrow-1970


One of my most interesting discoveries during this blog's 2018 hiatus was the Great Dayton Daily News Bird, a mascot/superhero/promo character co-created by the great sci-fi illustrator and comic book artist Gray Morrow! Talk about obscure!









Not sure if Gray drew Charlie Brown or Dear Abby below but my guess is yes.






There was even cosplay!





2 comments:

  1. Dear Steve, My name is David White and I was Freddy Nice the Great Daily Daily News Bird. I was 15 years old. K,H, and C saw me in a play and hired me at $500 a day for a three day shoot. I rode a bike downtown on Main St. at 7am on a Sunday morning. Rode up to a prop telephone booth at the Dayton Arts Institute and emerged at the News Bird. My Dad was in one of the spots playing a neighbor awaiting his copy of the DDN. So, happy I found your site. Peace, David

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    1. Very cool! Thanks for commenting!

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