'Casey Ruggles'.
Before he turned to comics, Warren Tufts worked for a local radio station. During World War II, he drew his first illustration work for the publications of the Naval Air Station. He created the newspaper comic 'Casey Ruggles' in 1949, and continued it until 1954, when he had a fall-out with his syndicate, United Features.
'Casey Ruggles'.
Tufts started his own company with with brother and father, called Warren Tufts Enterprises. There, he began a new strip, the satirical comic 'The Lone Spaceman' (1954-1955).
'Lance'.
Between 1955 and 1960, Tufts drew the 'Lance' Sunday page. Under the pressure of the syndicates, he had to add a daily comic to his production in 1957. Because of internal problems of the syndicates, the strip disappeared from the journals. Tufts then turned to freelance work, contributing to Dell and Gold Key comic books throughout the 1960s ('Rifleman', 'Zorro', 'Wagon Train' and 'Korak, Son of Tarzan'). His stories based on DePatie-Friz Freleng's 'The Pink Panther' were scripted by Bob Gregory.
'Korak, Son Of Tarzan'.
From 1960 on, Tufts focused more and more on other activities, like acting. In 1982, while flying in a self-designed airplane, he crashed and died.
'Casey Ruggles'.