Dalia Messick (April 11, 1906 – April 5, 2005) was an American comic strip artist who used the pseudonym Dale Messick. She was the creator of Brenda Starr, Reporter, which at its peak during the 1950s ran in 250 newspapers.

2005年4月8日 · Ms. Messick changed her name to Dale after she encountered discrimination against women entering the newspaper cartooning business. She told Norma Lee Browning of The Saturday Evening Post ...

I Known as the “Grand Dame of the Funnies,” Dale Messick is America’s first syndicated female cartoonist for creating the popular adventure comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter. Debuting in June of 1940, it was an immediate hit.

Born Dalia Messick, April 11, 1906, in South Bend, IN; died April 5, 2005, in Sonoma County, CA. Comic-strip artist. Indomitable and sassy are two words that describe Dale Messick. Her can-do spirit helped her become one of the pioneering female cartoonists who opened the door in a male-dominated profession.

2005年4月8日 · Cartoonist Dale Messick, whose red-haired heroine Brenda Starr helped women break into the male world of newspaper comics pages, died Tuesday. She was one week shy of her 99th birthday.

2005年4月8日 · Dale Messick, a comic book artist who created the glamorous, red-haired Brenda Starr, has died. She was 98. Messick, whose “Brenda Starr, Star Reporter” strip ran in 250 newspapers at its peak...

Dale Messick, America's first woman syndicated comic strip artist, is a celebrity in her own time. Creator of the legendary Brenda Starr, Messick worked hard to become what "herstorian," Trina Robbins considers to be "the most important woman cartoonist of the Twentieth Century."

On Sunday, May 27, 2007, the Historical Society of Ogden Dunes provided a special oral and video presentation about acclaimed cartoonist Dale Messick, creator of the “Brenda Starr, Reporter” comic series. Joan Meister began the program with a brief overview of Messick’s life.