Linda Sutter Explained

Linda Sutter (1941–1995) was an American comics writer and journalist. She wrote the storyline for the comic strip Brenda Starr, Reporter from 1982 to 1985. A graduate of Vassar College, she was involved in television and radio journalism in the 1960s and 1970s. She produced a series for NBC Radio Network's Monitor program and worked for the WINS radio station and Channel 5 in New York City.

Early life and education

Helen Linda Sutter[1] was born in Greenwich, Connecticut, in 1941, to Suzanne Tenney and Clifford Samuel Sutter.[2]

Sutter attended Vassar College where she was involved in the theater, appearing in productions of The Cherry Orchard[3] and Arms and the Man.[4] She graduated from Vassar in 1961.[5]

Career

Sutter began her career working for NBC as a network radio producer.[5] With NBC Radio Network's Monitor program, she produced a series on "the younger generation" and interviewed Senator Edmund Muskie in 1968.[6] [7] During the 1970s, she was a television reporter for Metromedia Channel 5 in New York City and was a radio journalist with the WINS station.[5]

Brenda Starr

In 1980, Sutter was hired by Chicago's Tribune Media Services to produce the Brenda Starr, Reporter comic strip.[8] Starting in 1982, she wrote the storyline for the syndicated comic strip, taking over from the strip's creator, Dale Messick. Ramona Fradon continued to provide the artwork during Sutter's tenure.[9] She started the process of updating the Brenda Starr character to a career woman from a fantasy figure. Her initial storylines led Brenda Starr to California where she is kidnapped by Arabs after meeting a mad scientist with a revolutionary silicon chip that is hidden in a golf ball.[10] Sutter created a character lampooning ABC executive Roone Arledge. Her district attorney character "Diane Drab" was likened to then-Brooklyn DA Elizabeth Holtzman.[11] Sutter continued producing and writing for Brenda Starr until 1985, when Mary Schmich took over the storyline.[12] [13]

Personal and later life

Sutter married G. Raymond Empson in 1968. They had a son, Joshua C. Empson.[14]

After she finished writing for Brenda Starr in the 1980s, Sutter studied at Harvard Divinity School, and planned to be ordained in the Episcopal Church.[15] She died of brain cancer[16] in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on December 18, 1995. She was 54.[17]

Notes and References

  1. News: Miss Sutter wed in East to Dr. Newell Augur Jr. . St. Louis Globe-Democrat . July 6, 1963 . 16 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193237/https://www.newspapers.com/article/37754429/wedding/ . live .
  2. Book: Commire. Anne. Women in World History: A Biographical Encyclopedia. 2002. Yorkin Publications. Waterford, Connecticut. 0-7876-4074-3. https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/sutter-linda-1941-1995. Sutter, Linda (1941–1995). September 9, 2023. January 30, 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230130141732/https://www.encyclopedia.com/women/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/sutter-linda-1941-1995. live.
  3. News: Giffin . Mary E. . Experimental Theatre Stages Chekov's 'Cherry Orchard' . Vassar Miscellany News . December 7, 1960 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193237/https://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/?a=d&d=miscellany19601207-01.2.4&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- . live .
  4. News: Weedon . Elizabeth . Arms And The Man: Review . Vassar Miscellany News . December 16, 1959 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193237/https://newspaperarchives.vassar.edu/?a=d&d=miscellany19591216-01.2.6&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------- . live .
  5. News: Linda Sutter, Worked on Brenda Starr Comic Strip . Chicago Tribune . December 24, 1995 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193307/https://www.chicagotribune.com/ . live .
  6. Web site: Sounds of NBC Monitor – 1968 Jan.-June . The Monitor Tribute Pages . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193358/http://monitorbeacon.net/nbc-monitor/the-sounds-of-nbc-monitor/sounds-of-monitor-1968/ . live .
  7. Web site: Sounds of Monitor – 1968 July-Dec. . The Monitor Tribute Pages . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193238/http://monitorbeacon.net/nbc-monitor/the-sounds-of-nbc-monitor/sounds-of-monitor-1968-july-december/ . live .
  8. News: Behind the Brenda Starr comic strip . Hartford Courant . December 30, 2010 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193238/https://www.courant.com/2010/12/30/behind-the-brenda-starr-comic-strip/ . live .
  9. Book: Kennedy . Martha H. . Drawn to Purpose: American Women Illustrators and Cartoonists . 2018 . Univ. Press of Mississippi . 978-1-4968-1595-8 . 44 . en . September 17, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193238/https://books.google.com/books?id=UJZRDwAAQBAJ&dq=Linda%20Sutter%20cartoonist&pg=PA44#v=onepage&q=Linda%20Sutter%20cartoonist&f=false . live .
  10. News: Zotti . Ed . Nothing ever makes sense in Brenda Starr . San Diego Reader . September 22, 1983 . en . September 9, 2023 . January 29, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230129085124/https://www.sandiegoreader.com/news/1983/sep/22/feature-brenda-starr/ . live .
  11. News: Roura . Phil . Poster . Tom . People: Liz in the comics? . Daily News . June 5, 1985 . 11.
  12. Book: Reynolds . Moira Davison . Comic Strip Artists in American Newspapers, 1945-1980 . 2015 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-8150-7 . 101 . en . September 17, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193739/https://books.google.com/books?id=IWqjaXc_4QUC&dq=%22linda+sutter%22+brenda&pg=PA101#v=onepage&q=%22linda%20sutter%22%20brenda&f=false . live .
  13. News: Schmich . Mary . My Life with Brenda Starr . Orlando Sentinel . May 3, 1987 . September 9, 2023 . September 30, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230930193741/https://www.orlandosentinel.com/1987/05/03/my-life-with-brenda-starr/ . live .
  14. News: Ms. Klauber-Speiden, Mr. Empson . The New York Times . September 12, 1999 . September 9, 2023 . September 14, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170914071706/http://www.nytimes.com/1999/09/12/style/ms-klauber-speiden-mr-empson.html . live .
  15. News: Linda Sutter; wrote 'Brenda Starr' strip . Hartford Courant . Associated Press . December 23, 1995 . 97.
  16. News: Deaths . Washington Post . December 24, 1995.
  17. News: Linda Sutter, 54; Wrote 'Brenda Starr' . The New York Times . December 22, 1995 . September 9, 2023 . June 10, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210610151237/https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/22/us/linda-sutter-54-wrote-brenda-starr.html . live .

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