| Hy Eisman | |
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| Born | Hyman Eisman (1927-03-27)March 27, 1927 (age 97) Paterson, New Jersey, US |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Little Lulu Little Iodine Popeye comic strip The Katzenjammer Kids |
| Awards | National Cartoonists Society's Awards (x2) |
| Spouse(s) | |
| Children | 2 daughters |
Hyman Eisman (born March 27, 1927) is an Americancartoonist.
Hyman Eisman was born inPaterson, New Jersey, US.[1][2]
He entered thecomic strip field in 1950 and worked on several strips, includingKerry Drake,Little Iodine andBunny. Incomic books he was the last artist doingLittle Lulu before it was cancelled in 1984.
From 1986 until 2006 (when the strip went into reruns), he wrote and drewThe Katzenjammer Kids. An interview with Eisman on his career appeared inHogan's Alley #15 (2007).[1]
From 1994 until 2022, he wrote and drew theSunday strips forPopeye.[3] In December 2008, Eisman re-introduced the character ofBluto to thePopeye Sunday strips, as the twin brother of Brutus.
In September, 1976 Eisman, who lives inGlen Rock, New Jersey, became a teacher at theJoe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art where he taught until May, 2019.
He has two daughters by his first marriage. Nathalie Adrienne "Adri" Abramson,[2] his wife of 42 years, died of cancer in the fall of 1997. On June 27, 2004, he married Florenz Greenberg, whose husband had also died in 1997. She was the managing editor at CavanKerry Press, a nonprofit publisher of literary works inFort Lee, New Jersey. Their wedding invitation was a comic strip with Popeye and Olive Oyl.[4] Florenz Greenberg died on October 20, 2013, in Glen Rock.
Eisman won the 1975National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Humor Comic Book Cartoonist (for Gold Key'sNancy comic books). In 1983, he received a National Cartoonists Society Award for his work on theLittle Lulu comic book.[5]
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