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Cartoonist Profiles (1977) 46

  • Issue #46
    Cartoonist Profiles (1977) 46

    Artist Bob Zschiesche cover featured. Zschiesche saw his cartoons first published in a nationally distributed magazine called Open Road for Boys. In 1943, at the age of 15, Zschiesche began taking classes at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. Instructors included Dick Calkins, creator of Buck Rogers. After completing the two-year course, Zschiesche found employment as a mail-boy at the Chicago Tribune. The Tribune editorial cartoonists took time to look over ZschiecheĀ“s drawings and recommended him for a job as assistant to Frank King, creator of Gasoline Alley. Cover price $3.50.