Sam Gross
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Sam Gross is an American cartoonist
. He began cartooning in 1962.
His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines including The New Yorker
, Harvard Business Review
, Esquire
, Cosmopolitan
and Good Housekeeping
.
He was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine. He created the comic strip
Cigarman
.
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
. He began cartooning in 1962.
His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines including The New Yorker
The New Yorker
The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast...
, Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review
Harvard Business Review is a general management magazine published since 1922 by Harvard Business School Publishing, owned by the Harvard Business School. A monthly research-based magazine written for business practitioners, it claims a high ranking business readership among academics, executives,...
, Esquire
Esquire (magazine)
Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:...
, Cosmopolitan
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
and Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping
Good Housekeeping is a women's magazine owned by the Hearst Corporation, featuring articles about women's interests, product testing by The Good Housekeeping Institute, recipes, diet, health as well as literary articles. It is well known for the "Good Housekeeping Seal," popularly known as the...
.
He was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine. He created the comic strip
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
Cigarman
Cigarman
Cigarman is the name of both a comic strip and the hero of the strip. It is published on the back page of Smoke Magazine c.1997. Cigarman was written by Sam Gross, and drawn by Randy Jones.-Origin:...
.
External links
- Sam Gross interview The Comics Journal
- Sam Gross at CartoonBank.com