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 | | He did Ozark Ike from 1945 to 1953, then abandoned it to others and drew Cotton Woods from 1955-1958. |
 | | Ozark Ike was to baseball what Joe Palooka was to boxing, but with more than a few elements of Li'l Abner tossed into the mix...though when baseball was out of season, Ike McBatt was not above going off and playing a little football or basketball. |
 | | Then again, that was true of Ozark Ike, which came out before Malamud's book.) In any case, after his second strip ended, Gotto returned to his first love, sports cartooning, primarily for The Sporting News. |
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