Comic artist Morrie Brickman (born July 17, 1917 – 1994) was born in Chicago, Illinois. Brickman's career as an artist began slowly, as he worked odd jobs selling and repairing shoes, as a housekeeper for Esquire

Esquire

Esquire is a term of West European origin . Depending on the country, the term has different meanings...

 illustrator John Groth, and an advertising designer. With the money saved from this work he took classes at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.

Brickman created the acclaimed comic strip The Small Society in 1966, which ran in over three hundred publications worldwide. When he retired in 1984, the strip continued with art and script by Bill Yates

Bill Yates

Floyd Buford Yates , better known as Bill Yates, was a cartoonist who drew gag cartoons and comic strips before assuming the position of comic strip editor for King Features Syndicate in 1978.Yates learned to cartoon by taking the W. L...

. Brickman wrote a play entitled Coming of Age based on his experiences after finishing The Small Society.

Morrie Brickman married Shirley Kroner in 1945 and had two children; one was "Risky Business" writer/director Paul Brickman

Paul Brickman

Paul Brickman is an American screenwriter and film director, born in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known for the film Risky Business where he served as director and screenwriter...

. He died in 1994.

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