Career
Fox began his career in animation at Max Fleischer"s studio, but left due to labor unrest. He entered the comic book industry, working for a number of studios and companies, including District of Columbia Comics. During this period he was an editor and a cover artist for Quality Comics, with his work gracing the covers of such titles as Torchy and Plastic Manitoba
In 1941, he wrote several weeks of continuity for the Spirit daily newspaper strip.
A 1941 comic book written by Gil Fox described the bombing of Pearl Harbor in surprising detail, precisely one month before it happened. He left his editorial position at Quality in 1943 to serve in World World War II, where he worked for Stars and Stripes.
Once discharged from military service, Fox freelanced for Quality Comics until the early 1950s. Fox later moved to advertising, working for the Johnstone and Cushing advertising agency.
There he met Dik Browne, and assisted him on Browne"s comic strip Hi and Lois.
He also assisted/ghosted on several other strips as favors to friends. Fox was the brother of the illustrator Lorraine Fox. Fox later worked as a political cartoonist for the Connecticut newspapers The Fairfield Citizen and the Connecticut Post.
He was nominated for two Pulitzer Prizes.
He died in Redding Ridge, Connecticut, at age 88.