Background

Armstrong, Roger Joseph was born on October 12, 1917 in Los Angeles, California, United States. Son of Roger Dale and Elizabeth Theresa (Eliason) Armstrong.

Education

Student, Pasadena City College, 1932—1938. Student, Chouinard Art Institute, 1938—1940. Student, Chouinard Art Institute, 1948—1950.

Doctor of Philosophy (honorary), Art Institute Southern California, 1990.

Career

Illustrator, writer children's books and comic books Western Public Company, 1940—1949, cartoonist Little Lulu comic strip, 1964—1966. Cartoonist Ella Cinders comic strip United Feature Syndicate, 1950—1960. Cartoonist, writer Napoleon and Uncle Elby comic strip Times Mirror Syndicate, 1950—1961.

Director Laguna Beach Museum Art, California, 1963—1966. Instructor Laguna Beach School Art, 1967—1985. Private instructor, 1985—2007.

Cartoonist Scamp comic strip Walt Disney Productions, 1978—1988. Member faculty Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, 1980—1990, Southern California Art Institute, 1988—2007, Irvine College Fine Arts Center, 1995—2007. With United States Army, 1944.

Achievements

• Roger Joseph Armstrong has been listed as a noteworthy cartoonist, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member of faculty Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, California, 1980-1990, Irvine College Fine Arts Center, 1995, Southern California The Art Institute of Chicago, 1988. Served with United States Army, 1944. Member National Watercolor Society(president 1984-1985), Artists Equity, National Cartoonists Society, Comic Artists Professional Society.

Connections

1 child, Julie Ann Vance.

Father:

Roger Dale Armstrong

Mother:

Elizabeth Theresa (Eliason) Armstrong

child:

Julia Ann Vance Armstrong