Editing Mell Lazarus (section)

{{short description|Syndicated cartoonist}}
{{about|the cartoonist named Lazarus|other uses of the name Lazarus|Lazarus (name)}}
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{{Infobox comics creator
| birth_name = Melvin Lazarus
| image = Mell Lazarus, 1973.jpg
| image_size = 
| caption = Lazarus in 1973
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|5|3}}
| birth_place = [[Brooklyn, New York]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|24|1927|5|3}}
| area = Cartoonist, Novelist
| cartoonist = y
| alias = Fulton
| notable works   = ''[[Miss Peach]]''<br />''[[Momma]]''
| spouse = Sally Mitchell
| children =Margie, Suesan, Cathie
| awards = [[Reuben Award]] (1981)<br>[[Inkpot Award]] (1976)<ref>[https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot Inkpot Award]</ref>
}}
'''Melvin Lazarus''' (May 3, 1927<ref name=CBG1285>{{cite journal|first=John Jackson |last=Miller |url=http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |title=Comics Industry Birthdays |journal=[[Comics Buyer's Guide]] |number=1485 |date=June 10, 2005 |access-date=December 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays |archive-date=February 18, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> – May 24, 2016)<ref name=ncsobit>{{cite web| url= http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/| title=Mell Lazarus 1927-2016| publisher=[[National Cartoonists Society]] | date= May 24, 2016|archive-date=August 21, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170821061824/http://www.reuben.org/2016/05/mell-lazarus-1927-2016/| url-status=live}}</ref> was an American [[cartoonist]], best known as the creator of two [[comic strip]]s, ''[[Miss Peach]]'' (1957–2002) and ''[[Momma]]'' (1970–2016). Additionally, he wrote two novels. For his comic strip ''Pauline McPeril'' (a 1966-69 collaboration with [[Jack Rickard]]), he used the pseudonym '''Fulton''', which is also the name of a character in his first novel, ''The Boss Is Crazy, Too''.