Mort Gerberg
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Mort Gerberg is an American cartoonist
whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Publishers Weekly, among other magazines. He is the author, illustrator or editor of 40 books for adults and children including his classic textbook, "Cartooning: The Art and the Business"; "More Spaghetti, I Say!"; "Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor"; and "Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement...and The Great Beyond." His newest book, "The All-Jewish Cartoon Collection," will be released in the upcoming months. He lives in New York City with his wife, Judith Gerberg, plays second base for The New Yorker softball team, and is an avid Huffington Post blogger.
His comic strip Koky (co-created and written by Richard O'Brien) was syndicated from 1979 to 1981 by the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate
. In 2007, Ramble House
collected the strip's entire run into two books (one collecting the dailies and the other collecting the Sundays).
One of Gerberg's students was Wall Street Journal caricaturist Ken Fallin
.
In 1968, Gerberg signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...
whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and Publishers Weekly, among other magazines. He is the author, illustrator or editor of 40 books for adults and children including his classic textbook, "Cartooning: The Art and the Business"; "More Spaghetti, I Say!"; "Joy in Mudville: The Big Book of Baseball Humor"; and "Last Laughs: Cartoons About Aging, Retirement...and The Great Beyond." His newest book, "The All-Jewish Cartoon Collection," will be released in the upcoming months. He lives in New York City with his wife, Judith Gerberg, plays second base for The New Yorker softball team, and is an avid Huffington Post blogger.
His comic strip Koky (co-created and written by Richard O'Brien) was syndicated from 1979 to 1981 by the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate
Tribune Media Services
Tribune Media Services is a syndication company owned by the Tribune Company.The company has two divisions, "News and Features" and "Entertainment Products"...
. In 2007, Ramble House
Ramble House
Ramble House is a small American publisher founded by Fender Tucker and Jim Weiler in 1999. The press specializes in reprints of long-neglected and rare crime fiction novels, modern crime fiction and scholarly works by noted authors on the crime fiction genre, and a host of other diverse books of a...
collected the strip's entire run into two books (one collecting the dailies and the other collecting the Sundays).
One of Gerberg's students was Wall Street Journal caricaturist Ken Fallin
Ken Fallin
Ken Fallin is an American illustrator and caricaturist. His first big break was in 1983 doing the posters and advertising for the popular satirical revue Forbidden Broadway...
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In 1968, Gerberg signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.