Kreigh Collins (cartoonist)

[6] Collins had a break-through in 1945 when the Methodist Publishing House asked him to draw Bible-based comics for publication in Church magazines.

[3] He drew stories about Paul, Moses, Jesus, Joseph and others, and the strip became popular not only in the United States but also in Australia and South America.

[7] Mitzi McCoy was a comic strip about a young society woman, daughter of a local tycoon in the small picturesque town of Freedom.

[8] After two years, in 1950, Mitzi McCoy underwent a sudden transformation into a medieval adventure comic strip, Kevin the Bold.

[7][9][5][3] Kevin was an Irish shepherd who in 1497 saved a medieval ancestor of Mitzi, Moya McCoy.

[1] The Grand Rapids Public Museum holds a collection of Collins's paintings, and one of his murals is displayed in Wealthy Elementary School.