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COMIC ARTIST

Rudolph Dirks

1877 - 1968

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Rudolph Dirks (February 26, 1877 – April 20, 1968) was one of the earliest and most noted comic strip artists, well known for The Katzenjammer Kids (later known as The Captain and the Kids). Dirks was born in Heide, Germany, to Johannes and Margaretha Dirks. When he was seven years old, his father, a woodcarver, moved the family to Chicago, Illinois. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rudolph Dirks has received more than 69,013 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Rudolph Dirks is the 125th most popular comic artist, the 4,396th most popular biography from Germany and the most popular German Comic Artist.

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  • 69k

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  • 44.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.06

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.08

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among COMIC ARTISTS

Among comic artists, Rudolph Dirks ranks 125 out of 174. Before him are Larry Lieber, Yukito Kishiro, Ken Akamatsu, Yōichi Takahashi, Jamie Hewlett, and Sylvain Chomet. After him are Iginio Straffi, Ken Sugimori, Mauri Kunnas, François Bourgeon, Tsutomu Nihei, and John Buscema.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1877, Rudolph Dirks ranks 149. Before him are Leopold Skulski, W. D. Ross, J. Searle Dawley, Marsden Hartley, Šatrijos Ragana, and Jón Þorláksson. After him are Léon Sée, Karel Absolon, Tom Crean, Aleksandr Arbuzov, Katherine Sophie Dreier, and Victor Willems. Among people deceased in 1968, Rudolph Dirks ranks 187. Before him are Panagiotis Pavlidis, Sid Kimpton, Harold D. Babcock, Karl-Birger Blomdahl, Francis Biddle, and Armand Blanchonnet. After him are Arnulf Øverland, Wendell Corey, Astrid Cleve, Øystein Ore, Jean Gachet, and Tim Ahearne.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Rudolph Dirks ranks 4,396 out of 6,142. Before him are Ludwig Ganghofer (1855), Henriette Reker (1956), Markus Rühl (1972), Wilhelm Gerhard Walpers (1816), Franz Xaver Kroetz (1946), and Rainer Ludwig Claisen (1851). After him are Christopher Franke (1953), Hans-Ulrich Grapenthin (1943), Nick Menza (1964), Eduard David (1863), Friedrich Christoph Dahlmann (1785), and Barbara Hendricks (1952).

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Among COMIC ARTISTS In Germany

Among comic artists born in Germany, Rudolph Dirks ranks 1. 

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