Cady, Harrison

Walter Harrison Cady (1877–1970) was an American illustrator and author best known for his Peter Rabbit comic strip, which was based on Thornton Burgess's Peter Cottontail stories (as opposed to Beatrix Potter's version). The strip was launched by the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate on August 15, 1920 and Cady wrote and drew the strip for almost three decades. Cady had a 5-decade long association with Burgess, illustrating the writer's books and his daily newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. Cady was very prolific, illustrating for over 70 years for such publications as St. Nicholas Magazine, Boys' Life, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping and Country Gentleman. He illustrated the Queen Silver-Bell series by Frances Hodgson Burnett. In addition to his extensive illustrating of others' books, Cady also authored several books with his own illustrations, including his Butternut Hill series (1929), Johnny Funny-Bunny's Picnic Party (1928) and Spring Moving Day (1928).