 Charles Lowe Ramsay was born on 3 June 1911 in St. Paul, Minnesota USA. He grew up in a Christian family, and while still a youth his artistic talent was noted by his pastor who prayed that God would save him and give him a ministry like Dr. E. J. Pace's. Ramsay did surrender his life to the lordship of Jesus Christ, attending the Chicago Art Institute and graduating from Central Bible College in Springfield, Missouri. In the mid-1930s he began a forty year stint as a cartoonist-illustrator for the Gospel Publishing House in Springfield. In addition to weekly cartoons which appeared in The Pentecostal Evangel and drawing for many of their vacation Bible school textbooks and the like, Ramsay's art appeared in The Adventures of Blacky the Wasp (1936), Studying the Pupil (1940), and Reveille (1946). Sword of the Lord, Dr. John R. Rice's publishing imprint, released 101 Christian Cartoons in 1949, a best-of collection of Ramsay's drawings for the Gospel Publishing House. Some of his work was syndicated in newspapers nationwide. He was also involved in a children's television program in which he drew cartoons during the show. In 1955 he moved to Tulsa to become art director for the Oral Roberts Evangelistic Association for whom he created the True Stories and Junior Partners series of Christian comic books. Ramsay was also active in the local art community, president of the Tulsa Art Directors Club, and a member of the Tulsa Artists Guild. In 1965 Ramsay began teaching art at Oral Roberts University, the year of its inception. His last known illustrations appeared in Hiding Hoover, written by Roberts' wife Evelyn and published in 1979. He was awarded professor emeritus status at ORU and retired from teaching in 1982. Following a long-term illness, Charles L. Ramsay went to be with the Lord on 26 February 1994. (from the Christian Comics International Website) |
