Otto Soglow
American cartoonist (1900–1975)
Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900 – April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King.
Born in Yorkville, Manhattan, as a child of German-Jewish parents, Soglow grew up in New York City, where he held various jobs as a teenager and made an unsuccessful effort to become an actor. His first job was painting designs on baby rattles. While studying with John Sloan at the Art Students League of New York, his first cartoon was printed in 1919. Throughout the 1920s, his drawings were seen in numerous magazines.
Soglow's artwork was published in New Masses, New York World, Collier's, The New Yorker, Judge and Life. He illustrated more than 35 books, and did five books of his own, including Wasn't the Depression Terrible? (1934).
The Little King
His character The Little King first appeared in The New Yorker in 1930. William Randolph Hearst hired Soglow away for his King Features Syndicate.
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