Merrill De Maris
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| Intro | Comics writer | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Comics artist Screenwriter | |
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio Humor | |
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| Birth | 26 February 1898, New Jersey, U.S.A. | |
| Death | 31 December 1948Escondido, San Diego County, California, U.S.A. (aged 50 years) |
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Merrill De Maris (February 26, 1898, New Jersey – December 31, 1948, Escondido, California) was a writer who worked on Disney Comic Strips for King Features Syndicate.
De Maris helped Floyd Gottfredson with many of his early Mickey Mouse comic strips; they co-created famous characters like Phantom Blot, Chief O'Hara and Detective Casey. In 1942 they gave Minnie Mouse a full name as Minerva Mouse, for the four-month comic strip story "The Gleam".
He also helped Carl Barks with one of his Donald Duck stories, titled Too Many Pets. De Maris also participated at the Disney Studio on the story adaptation for 1937's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.