Chester Gould created which comic character, which first appeared in 1931?
Chester Gould strips showing the series' beginning (from October 1931 – May 1933), along with a Gould interview, never previously published, by Max Allan Collins. Twenty-two more volumes in this series have published between 2006 and 2017, bringing the continuity to July 1967. Chester Gould Chester Gould (; November 20, 1900 – May 11, 1985) was an American cartoonist, best known as the creator of the "Dick Tracy" comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977, incorporating numerous colorful and monstrous villains. Chester Gould was born to Gilbert R. Gould, the son of a minister, and Alice Maud (née
Chester Gould October 4, 1931. The original comic was based on a New York detective Gould was interested in. The comic then branched to the fictional character that became famous. He drew the comic strip for the next 46 years from his home in Woodstock, Illinois. In order to keep informed of police methods, Gould took courses in forensics and investigative procedures. He was later proud of having introduced in 1946, the two-way wrist radio for Tracy, and in 1947, the closed-circuit television, both of which were later invented, though in somewhat different forms. Gould's stories were rarely pre-planned, since he preferred