Hal Sherman
Hal Sherman (born Harold Sicherman; March 31, 1911[1] – January 25, 2009[2]) was a gag cartoonist and a Platinum Age and Golden Age comic book artist. He is best remembered for his work on the Star-Spangled Kid, which he co-created with Jerry Siegel, who had previously co-created Superman.[3][4]
Gag cartooning[]
Sherman drew gag cartoons for magazines, including . During the 1950s, he created cartoons for cocktail napkins published by Monogram of California. His napkin sets include Double Feature, which were two-panel cartoons, one on the outside of the napkin, one that appeared when it was unfolded (1955);[5] Little Friar, gags about a friar (1956); and Nudeniks, cartoons about nudists (1958).[6][7][8]
During the 1960s, he expanded the Little Friar and the Nudeniks material each into their own full paperback of cartoons.[9] He also drew Alley Whoops! (1962), a book of bowling cartoons, Pennant Laffs (1963), a book of punch-out humorous pennants, and Fishing for Laughs (1964), a volume of fishing cartoons.
Awards[]
- Inkpot Award, 2002[10]
Personal life[]
Sherman and Ann, his wife of over 60 years, are buried together in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York.
References[]
- ^ Murray, Will. "The Wonder Woman Who Was Lost!: The Hal Sherman Story", Comic Book Marketplace, May 2000, p. 44-53
- ^ Social Security Death Index
- ^ Wallace, Daniel; Dolan, Hannah, ed. (2010). "1940s". DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. London, United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 37. ISBN 978-0-7566-6742-9.
Star Spangled Kid had previously appeared in Action Comics #40, but this story by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman introduced his adult sidekick, Stripesy.
CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link) - ^ "Hal Sherman". lambiek.net.
- ^ "Vintage Boxed Hal Sherman Risque Cartoon Cocktail Napkins - Party Novelty - #249992668". Worthpoint.
- ^ "Vintage 1958 Hal Sherman Nudeniks Cocktail Bar Napkins, Set of 23 - #293988536". Worthpoint.
- ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". November 10, 1963 – via Google Books.
- ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (November 10, 2018). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1958: January-June". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.
- ^ Lynch, Mike (March 31, 2014). "THE LITTLE FRIAR by Hal Sherman".
- ^ "Inkpot Award". San Diego Comic-Con. n.d. Archived from the original on January 29, 2017.
- 1911 births
- 2009 deaths
- American cartoonists
- Golden Age comics creators
- Inkpot Award winners
- Jewish American artists