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Mike Peters (cartoonist)

Mike Peters, American cartoonist

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Born
October 9, 1943
Age in 2026
83
Zodiac sign
Libra
Birth year
1943

About Mike Peters (cartoonist)

Michael Bartley Peters is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Mother Goose and Grimm. Beginning in 1981, he produced Peters Postscripts, a series of animated editorial cartoons on NBC Nightly News; it was the first time animated editorial cartoons appeared regularly on a prime-time network news program. In 1998, Peters created a show segment called "Night of the Living Fred" for Fox Kids’s Horror-comedy show, Toonsylvania. The strip is published in 500 newspapers, and according to King Features, it has a daily readership of 100 million.

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Mike Peters (cartoonist) timeline

  1. Beginning in 1981, he produced Peters Postscripts, a series of animated editorial cartoons on NBC Nightly News; it was the first time animated editorial cartoons appeared regularly on a prime-time network news program.
  2. In 1998, Peters created a show segment called "Night of the Living Fred" for Fox Kids’s Horror-comedy show, Toonsylvania.

The world when Mike Peters (cartoonist) was born

Mike Peters (cartoonist) was born in 1943. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1943

  • #1 song"As Time Goes By" – Dooley Wilson
  • Top movieFor Whom the Bell Tolls
  • Best-selling bookThe Robe – Lloyd C. Douglas

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentAll-American Girls Professional Baseball League founded
  • Top headlineAllies invade Italy
  • Technology milestoneLSD accidentally discovered by Albert Hofmann
  • Defining fadZoot suits
  • Notable inventionSlinky
  • World population2.38 billion

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderFranklin D. Roosevelt
  • Sports championNew York Yankees (World Series)
  • U.S. population136.7M

1943 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Mike Peters (cartoonist)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19432026
Gas$0.21$3.45/gal
Average home$5,700$435,000
Average income$4,100$67,500
Minimum wage$0.30$7.25/hr (federal)
Movie ticket$0.27$11.95
Postage stamp$0.03$0.73
Population136.7M341 million

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