Otto Soglow

Otto Soglow ( born December 23, 1900 in Yorkville (Manhattan ), † April 3, 1975 in New York City ) was an American comic book artist. His most famous comic strip 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 debuted in the magazine cartoons. In 1925 he began regularly working as a draftsman, among other things, for The New Yorker or Life. In 1931, he drew a small nameless King for The New Yorker, which editor Harold Ross particularly liked. Soglow should continue to draw the figure. From 1931 the now popular figure The Little King also ran for the distribution King Features Syndicate, but was there initially named for legal reasons, The Ambassador. Soglow feature of the series to the nameless king until his death in 1975.

Award

Otto Soglow received for The Little King 1966 Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society, which he co-founded.