Background
Born in Yorkville, Manhattan, Soglow grew up in New York City, where he held various jobs as a teenager and made an unsuccessful effort to become an actor.
Born in Yorkville, Manhattan, Soglow grew up in New York City, where he held various jobs as a teenager and made an unsuccessful effort to become an actor.
Student Art Student’s League, New York City, 1919-1925.
His first job was painting designs on baby rattles. While studying with John Sloan at the Art Students League of New York, his first cartoon was printed in 1919. Throughout the 1920s, his drawings were seen in numerous magazines.
Soglow"s artwork was published in the New York World, Collier"s, The New Yorker, Judge and Life.
He illustrated more than 35 books, and did five books of his own, including Wasn"t the Depression Terrible? (1934).
His character first appeared in The New Yorker in 1930. William Randolph Hearst lured Soglow away for his King Features Syndicate, but contractual obligations to The New Yorker prevented from appearing immediately.
Soglow then produced a knock-off strip called The Ambassador from 1933 to 1934. After debuted on September 9, 1934, it ran until Soglow"s death in 1975.
lieutenant is still available today through King Features" email service, DailyINK.
In 1941, Soglow lived at 330 West 72nd Street in Manhattan.
He died in New York City in 1975. Otto and Annie Soglow had one daughter, Tona.
Member Society Illustrators (New York), National Cartoonists Society Club: Dutch Treat.
Married Anna Rosen, October 11, 1928.