Saunders also served as chair of the Newspaper Comics Council, was a longtime member of the National Cartoonists Society who helped younger cartoonists get started (e.g., Fran Matera, Pete Hoffman, Nicholas P. Dallis, Alex Kotzky), and was a civic-minded leader in Toledo community affairs.
In 1944, when Waugh left the strip to work on Hank (1945), his wife and assistant, Odin Burvik, took over Dickie Dare in 1944-47, followed by Fran Matera (1948–49).
Matera | Fran Drescher | Kristina från Duvemåla | Living With Fran | Fran Tarkenton | Fran Lebowitz | Fran Walsh | Fran Charles | Fran McCaffery | Fran Matera | Fran Landesman | Hurricane Fran | Fran Ulmer | Fran Ryan | Fran Rooney | Fran Cosgrave | Fran Albreht | Dary Matera | Sånger från 63° N | Fran Perea | Fran Mérida | Fran Marshall | Fran Krsto Frankopan | Fran Jeffries | Fran Hopper | Fran Ganguzza | Fran Florez | Fran Dempsey | Fran Coleman | Fran Beauman |