Background
Martin, Henry Read was born on July 15, 1925 in Louisville. Son of Lyman Chamberlain and Adele (Read) Martin.
Martin, Henry Read was born on July 15, 1925 in Louisville. Son of Lyman Chamberlain and Adele (Read) Martin.
He went to high school at Texas Country Day (now Street Mark"s School of Texas) in Dallas, then graduated from Princeton University in 1948 with a degree in Art History. He subsequently studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago.
He is the father of popular children"s author Ann M. Martin. According to a press release from Princeton University:
Martin worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for more than 50 years, publishing in The New Yorker, Punch, Ladies" Home Journal, The Saturday Evening Post, the Princeton Alumni Weekly and many other magazines. His single-panel comic strip, "Good News/Bad News," was nationally syndicated, and he wrote and/or illustrated more than 35 books
He retired in 1995.
(A Cartoon Collection about office situations.)
(A cartoon collection by H. Martin)
Member Cartoonist Association.
Married Edith Matthews, June 27, 1953. Children: Ann Matthews, Jane Read.