Sam Gross
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Sam Gross (August 7, 1933 – May 6, 2023) was an American cartoonist, specializing in single-panel cartoons. He contributed to an array of publications, including The New Yorker.[1]
Biography
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.[2]
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.[2]
He began cartooning in 1962 and continued until his death. 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.[3]
He created the comic strip Cigarman, which was published from 1997–1998.
Gross died on May 6, 2023, at the age of 89.[1]
Work habits
Every Wednesday Gross sat down to draw and, what he called, "trip". He claimed that he did not draw for magazines or newspapers, he just drew. Gross averaged 16–17 drawings a week, and numbered and dated every one. Once finished, he photocopied the drawings on forty-four-pound stock paper, then punched three holes and put them into loose-leaf books; Gross was afraid of losing his original copy and idea. In 2012, Gross had a total of about 27,592 cartoons.[2]
Collections
Published collections of cartoons by Sam Gross include:
- How Gross! : The Collected Craziness of S. Gross (1973)
- I Am Blind and My Dog Is Dead (1978)[4]
- An Elephant Is Soft and Mushy (1982)[5]
- More Gross (1982)[6]
- Totally Gross (1984)[7]
- Love Me, Love My Teddy Bear (1986)[8]
- No More Mr. Nice Guy (1987)[9]
- Your Mother Is a Remarkable Woman (1992)[10]
- Catss by Gross (1995)[11]
- We Have Ways of Making You Laugh: 120 Funny Swastika Cartoons (2008)[12]
References
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- ^ a b Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Degg, D. D. (May 8, 2023). "Sam Gross – RIP". www.dailycartoonist.com. Retrieved May 8, 2023.
- ^ a b c Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sam Gross: Sex, Race, and Frogs | The Comics Journal". The Comics Journal. 6 March 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Comic creator: Sam Gross". Lambiek Comiclopedia. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1978). I Am Blind and My Dog Is Dead. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0380401628.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1982). An Elephant Is Soft and Mushy. Avon Books. ISBN 978-0380576791.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1982). More Gross. Congdon & Weed. ISBN 978-0312925406.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1984). Totally Gross. Pocket Books. ISBN 978-0671507237.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1986). Love Me, Love My Teddy Bear. Putnam Publishing Group. ISBN 978-0399512308.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1987). No More Mr. Nice Guy. Perigee Books. ISBN 978-0399513961.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1992). Your Mother Is a Remarkable Woman. Penguin Books. ISBN 978-0147788610.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (1995). Catss By Gross. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0345392770.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Gross, Sam (2008). We Have Ways of Making You Laugh: 120 Funny Swastika Cartoons (1st; Hardcover ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-1416556404.
External links
- The Comics Journal: Sam Gross interview
- Sam Gross discography at Discogs
- Sam Gross at IMDbTemplate:Edit at Wikidata
- CartoonBank: Sam Gross[permanent dead link]
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