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Wesley Morse (June 17 1897 – June 20 1963) was a cartoonist who is most famous for his creation of the Bazooka Joe comic strip for the bubble gum company Topps in 1953. He also created the Copa girl which was the basis for the Copacabana logo.Beginning in 1918 Morse spent a year in France with the Army in a field artillery battery.Starting in 1921 Morse was a regular contributor of sketches to magazines like Film Fun and Shadowland. Chorus girls and flappers were frequent subjects of his.
