Dale Messick

Who was Dale Messick?

Dalia Messick was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym Dale Messick. She was the creator of Brenda Starr, which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers.

She was born in South Bend, Indiana, to a seamstress and commercial artist. She had an interest in writing and drawing since childhood. She attended Hobart High School in Hobart, Indiana and studied briefly at the Ray Commercial Art School in Chicago but left to begin a career as a professional artist.