Otto Soglow
Otto Soglow (born December 23, 1900 in Yorkville (Manhattan) , † April 3, 1975 in New York City ) was an American comic artist . His most tester comic strip is The Little King ( The Little King ).
Life
Soglow grew up in New York City and studied at the Art Students League of New York . At 19, he made his debut in Cartoons magazine . In 1925 he began working regularly as a draftsman, including for The New Yorker and Life . In 1931 he drew a little nameless king for The New Yorker , which editor Harold Ross particularly liked. Soglow should continue to draw the figure. From 1934, the now popular character The Little King ran for the King Features Syndicate distribution ; previously, an extremely similar comic strip was initially called The Ambassador for legal reasons . Soglow drew the series about the nameless king until his death in 1975.
Award
Otto Soglow received the 1966 Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society for The Little King , of which he was a co-founder.
literature
- Andreas C. Knigge : Comic Lexicon . Ullstein Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin and Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-548-36554-X , p. 411.
Web links
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soglow, Otto |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American comic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Yorkville (Manhattan) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd April 1975 |
| Place of death | New York City |