Career
Berman was in high school when he began drawing cartoons for the Hartford Courant. He went to New York to study art and then landed a position as a staff cartoonist for the Newark Star Eagle. During the 1930s his political cartoons were published in color in Collier"son
After World World War II, he did art for advertising agencies and created caricatures of leading radio performers for National Broadcasting Company"s promotion, The National Broadcasting Company Parade of Stars as Seen by Sam Berman: As Heard over Your Favorite National Broadcasting Company Station (1947), which had a print run of 5,000,000.
With a tight deadline, he created caricatures of National Broadcasting Company"s most popular radio personalities and shows, each printed on a separate 6"x7" card, and inserted in a green vinyl slipcase. The set of 56 caricatures included Fred Allen, Jack Benny, Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy, Milton Berle, George Burns and Gracie Allen, Judy Canova, Eddie Cantor, Jerry Colonna, Dennis Day, Bob Hope, Eddy Howard, H. V. Kaltenborn, Kay Kyser, Art Linkletter, Robert Merrill, Frank Sinatra and Red Skelton, as well as the stars of Amos "n" Andy, A Date with Judy, Doctor I. Q., The Great Gildersleeve, Mr.
District Attorney, The Philosophy Harris-Alice Faye Show, Truth or Consequences and Quiz Kids.