Matthew Tweedy was born Emanuel Tweedy on May 31, 1910 in the Bronx, New York according to the New York, New York Birth Index at Ancestry.com. The same birth date was on his Social Security application.
The 1915 New York state census counted Tweedy (line 30) as the youngest of three brothers who were Edward and Irving. Their parents were Harry, a milliner, and Katie, both Russian immigrants. The family lived at 30 Clinton Street in Manhattan.
The 1915 New York state census counted Tweedy (line 30) as the youngest of three brothers who were Edward and Irving. Their parents were Harry, a milliner, and Katie, both Russian immigrants. The family lived at 30 Clinton Street in Manhattan.
They were at the same address in the 1920 United States Census (lines 33 to 37). (Tweedy was a short walk away from Jack Kirby who lived at 131 Suffolk Street.)
In the 1925 New York state census, Tweedy (line 36), his parents and a brother lived in Brooklyn at 74 Tompkins Avenue.
According to the 1930 census, Tweedy (line 47) lived with his parents in Brooklyn at 2153 Coney Island Avenue. He was a commercial letterer at a studio. Information about Tweedy’s art training has not been found.
The 1937 Directory of New York State Manufacturers listed Tweedy as the proprietor of the sign company, Lettercraft Studio, 60 West 45th Street in Manhattan.
Tweedy’s mother passed away on March 23, 1940. The next day she laid to rest at Mount Judah Cemetery.
Tweedy and Cecelia Stein obtained marriage license number 5345, in Brooklyn, on April 6, 1940. Three days later, the 1940 census counted Tweedy in the household of his in-laws, Harry and Lillian Stein. They were Brooklyn residents at 159 East 96th Street. Tweedy (line 28) was a commercial artist who completed one year of high school. He earned $200 in 1939. At some point Tweedy and his wife divorced.
On October 16, 1940, Tweedy signed his World War II draft card which had an incorrect birth day, May 24, 1910. His address was 357 West 55th Street in Manhattan. Tweedy was employed at the National Screen Service (see The Movie Business: American Film Industry Practice, page 234). His description was five feet seven inches, 145 pounds, with brown eyes and hair. (The Board of Elections in the City of New York, December 31, 1940, had the same address.) Tweedy named sister-in-law, Lillian, as next of kin. She was married to Edward.
The 1944 voter register said Tweedy was a Democrat who lived at 316 West 95th Street.
Tweedy’s father passed away on November 19, 1946. He was laid to rest at Mount Judah Cemetery.
The date of Tweedy’s start in comics is not known. At the Grand Comics Database, there is a guess that either Ellen Cole or Tweedy lettered Blazing Comics #4, February 1945. However, the lettering does not match the style of either letterer.
Patches Comics #3, July 1946, had a house advertisement for Toytown, U.S. No. 1, Taffy Comics and Patches Comics. Some of the talent were credited including letterers Ellen Cole and Tweedy. (Tweedy is listed as “M. Tweed” at Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999 and the Grand Comics Database.) Cole lettered all the stories in this issue.
Tweedy’s lettering is in Patches Comics #4, September 1946; Toytown Comics #4, October 1946; Taffy Comics #5, November 1946; Patches Comics #5, November 1946; Toytown Comics #5, December 1946; Patches Comics #6, February 1947; Taffy Comics #6, February 1947; Toytown Comics #6, March 1947; Patches Comics #7, April 1947; Taffy Comics #7, April 1947; Toytown Comics #7, May 1947; Patches Comics #8, June 1947; Taffy Comics #8, June 1947; Patches Comics #9, August 1947; Taffy Comics #9, August 1947; Wanted Comics #9, September-October 1947; Patches Comics #10, October-November 1947; Taffy Comics #10, October-November 1947; Wanted Comics #10, November-December 1947; Patches Comics #11, December 1947; Taffy Comics #11, December 1947; Wanted Comics #11, January 1948; Taffy Comics #12, February 1948; Wanted Comics #12, March 1948; Wanted Comics #13, May 1948; Wanted Comics #14, July 1948. His credits are incomplete.
Selected pages from Toytown Comics #6, March 1947
Selected pages from Wanted Comics #11, January 1948
In the 1950 census, Tweedy (line 11) lived alone at 243 Riverside Drive in Manhattan. He was a self-employed letter artist who earned $5,000 in 1949.
Tweedy’s brother, Irving, passed away on October 2, 1971 in Buffalo, New York. He was a pharmacist fatally shot during an attempted robbery. The date of Edward’s death is not known. Edward’s wife, Lillian died in May 1972 in New York City. Tweedy passed away on July 29, 1972. He was laid to rest at Beth Moses Cemetery.
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