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Drawn into history: Gainesville cartoonist to continue legacy of Mark Trail comic
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Jack Elrod, left, is turning over the “Mark Trail” comic strip to fellow Gainesville artist James Allen. The strip was started in 1946 by Gainesville’s Ed Dodd.
Jack Elrod spent much of his childhood roaming the rivers and woods around Gainesville and North Georgia. So much so he sometimes would let the outdoors get in the way of school. But as often as he could find time, Jack, with such pals as Ed Dunlap Jr. and Jack McKibbon, would hunt and fish along the Chattahoochee River, especially near the present American Legion, or hike in the mountains.