Otto Soglow
Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900 – April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King. Otto Soglow was 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.
Otto Soglow
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- Name
- Otto Soglow
- Born
- 23 December 1900
- Birthplace
- Yorkville, Manhattan
- Died
- 3 April 1975
- Place of death
- New York City
- Occupation
- Cartoonist
- Known for
- The Little King
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- Reuben Award
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Otto Soglow (December 23, 1900 – April 3, 1975) was an American cartoonist best known for his comic strip The Little King. Otto Soglow was 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.
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Otto Soglow (1900–1975) was a cartoonist, comics artist and designer, among other activities, of American nationality. The cartoonist was born in Yorkville and died in New York City.
Works are held at Museum of Modern Art and Print Collection. Honours include Reuben Award.
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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?
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• Name — Otto Soglow • Born — 23 December 1900 • Birthplace — Yorkville, Manhattan • Died — 3 April 1975 • Place of death — New York City • Occupation — Cartoonist • Known for — The Little King
The Little King
The Little King
• Illustration — Soglow cartoon from the book Wasn't the Depression Terrible? (1934) His character The Little King first appeared in The New Yorker in 1930. William Randolph Hearst hired Soglow away for his King Features Syndicate. Contractual obligations to The New Yorker prevented The Little King from appearing immediately. Soglow then produced a knock-off strip called The Ambassador from 1933 to 1934. After The Little King debuted on September 9, 1934, it ran until Soglow's death in 1975. It is available through King Features' email service, DailyINK.
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1900
Otto Soglow was born on 23 December 1900.
1975
Otto Soglow died at New York City.
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National Cartoonists Society
• Illustration — Cartoon by Otto Soglow In 1941, Soglow lived at 330 West 72nd Street in Manhattan. He was a co-founder of the National Cartoonists Society and served as president for the 1953–54 term. He died in New York City in 1975. Otto and Annie Soglow had one daughter, Tona.
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He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award in 1966, followed by its Elzie Segar Award in 1972.
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Otto Soglow is recorded with the occupation cartoonist. Recorded as cartoonist, comics artist, designer and draftsperson.
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