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Sam Gross
Sam Gross (August 7, 1933 – May 6, 2023) was an American cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons. He contributed to an array of publications, and was a regular contributor to The New Yorker.
Born in The Bronx, New York City, Gross was the son of Max and Sophie, who were Jewish immigrants to America. His mother was born in Iași, Romania and his father was born in Lithuania. His parents came to the United States as children around 1905. Gross said his mother's side of the family is artistic. His father was a CPA.
Gross attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which at the time was an all-boys school. After he graduated, Gross went to the City College of New York. He started as a business major, then he wanted to be an accounting major, and finally an advertising major; Gross ended up taking a lot of art and history courses. His first published cartoon appeared in Saturday Review in 1953.
Gross was drafted into the American military in 1954, and served for two years in Germany. After his return to the United States, he married Isabelle Jaffe in 1959, and the couple moved to Darmstadt, in Germany, where he began to sell cartoons to European publications.
Returning to New York City after about a year, he began selling cartoons to "stag mags" such as Dude, Gent, and Rascal, and was earning his living full-time from cartooning by the early 1960s. His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harvard Business Review and The New Yorker.
Gross was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine. Gross also became involved in electronic publishing ventures with cartoons playing an important role.
He created the comic strip Cigarman, which was published from 1997–1998.
Gross died on May 6, 2023, at the age of 89. He and his wife Isabelle had a daughter, Michelle Gross.
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Sam Gross
Sam Gross (August 7, 1933 – May 6, 2023) was an American cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons. He contributed to an array of publications, and was a regular contributor to The New Yorker.
Born in The Bronx, New York City, Gross was the son of Max and Sophie, who were Jewish immigrants to America. His mother was born in Iași, Romania and his father was born in Lithuania. His parents came to the United States as children around 1905. Gross said his mother's side of the family is artistic. His father was a CPA.
Gross attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which at the time was an all-boys school. After he graduated, Gross went to the City College of New York. He started as a business major, then he wanted to be an accounting major, and finally an advertising major; Gross ended up taking a lot of art and history courses. His first published cartoon appeared in Saturday Review in 1953.
Gross was drafted into the American military in 1954, and served for two years in Germany. After his return to the United States, he married Isabelle Jaffe in 1959, and the couple moved to Darmstadt, in Germany, where he began to sell cartoons to European publications.
Returning to New York City after about a year, he began selling cartoons to "stag mags" such as Dude, Gent, and Rascal, and was earning his living full-time from cartooning by the early 1960s. His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harvard Business Review and The New Yorker.
Gross was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine. Gross also became involved in electronic publishing ventures with cartoons playing an important role.
He created the comic strip Cigarman, which was published from 1997–1998.
Gross died on May 6, 2023, at the age of 89. He and his wife Isabelle had a daughter, Michelle Gross.
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