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Percy Leo Crosby (December 8 1891 – December 8 1964) was an American author illustrator and cartoonist best known for his popular comic strip Skippy. Adapted into movies a novel and a radio show Crosby’s creation was commemorated on a 1997 U.S. Postal Service stamp. An inspiration for Charles Schulz’s Peanuts the strip is regarded by comics historian Maurice Horn as a classic…