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Arthur Ragland “Pop” Momand

15 May 1887 – 9 Nov 1987

Birth	15 May 1887
Death	9 Nov 1987
Added by	Connecticut Gravesite Care Dot Com on 12 Sep 2023
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/213775553

Bio

American cartoonist best known for his comic strip Keeping Up with the Joneses. Momand spent his childhood in New York City, where he attended the Trinity School. In 1905 or 1907, Harry Grant Dart hired Momand as a staff artist for the New York World, where he produced a variety of comic strips including Mr. I. N. Dutch. He also worked at the Evening Telegram, where he created the comic strip Pazaza. After this, he spent a year studying art at the Académie Julian. Momand's comic strip "Pazaza", January 3 1910. In 1913, he created Keeping Up with the Joneses, based on his Nassau County experiences. The strip appeared in early issues of both Funnies on Parade and Famous Funnies; and was syndicated until 1938. After retiring from cartooning, Momand became a portrait painter. In 1910, he was married to May Harding, and lived in Nassau County, New York (either Cedarhurst or Hempstead). Unable to afford the Nassau County lifestyle, they eventually moved back to Manhattan. Momand and Harding subsequently divorced, and in 1928 he married Mayo Deason in Lucerne, Switzerland.

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Family

Parents

• Anna Louisa Pittman Momand 1868–1947

Spouse

• May Madeline Lincoln Momand 1873–1942 FaG
• Mayo Deason Momand 1897–1983 FaG

Siblings

• John Leslie Momand 1889–1931
• Grace Lucille Momand Gates 1894–1946

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