Donald Trachte was an American cartoonist. He graduated from Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

Madison is the capital of the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Dane County. It is also home to the University of Wisconsin–Madison....

's Central High School, attended the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

The University of Wisconsin–Madison is a public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1848, UW–Madison is the flagship campus of the University of Wisconsin System. It became a land-grant institution in 1866...

 and later served in World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 as a lieutenant.

He started working on comics in 1932 as an assistant of Carl Thomas Anderson

Carl Thomas Anderson

Carl Thomas Anderson was an American cartoonist best remembered for his comic strip Henry. Readers followed the pantomime adventures of the mute, bald-headed Henry in strips which he signed with his familiar signature displaying an enlarged "S": Carl AnderSon.-Background:Carl Thomas Anderson was...

 and worked on the Sunday version of the Henry

Henry (comic)

Henry is a comic strip created in 1932 by Carl Anderson. The title character is a young bald boy who is mute...

comics from Anderson's death in 1948 until 1993. (John Liney

John Liney

John J. Liney was an American cartoonist, who drew the daily Henry comic strip for 44 years.Growing up in Philadelphia, Liney attended the George C. Thomas Middle School and South Philadelphia High School. He was working as a cartoonist at the Philadelphia Evening Ledger when he began selling gags...

 worked on the daily comics.)

A recent discovery revealed that Trachte created a near-perfect replica of Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties

Breaking Home Ties was painted by Norman Rockwell for the September 25, 1954 cover of The Saturday Evening Post.-Description:The details of the picture, as with most Norman Rockwell works, combine to tell a story, in this case a story of endings and beginnings, as a boy from New Mexico leaves home...

, by Norman Rockwell

Norman Rockwell

Norman Percevel Rockwell was a 20th-century American painter and illustrator. His works enjoy a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture. Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life scenarios he created for The Saturday Evening...

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External links

• Don Trachte (Lambiek Comiclopedia)
• The man who faked Rockwell from the Christian Science Monitor