Hal Sherman Explained

Hal Sherman (born Harold Sicherman; March 31, 1911[1] – January 25, 2009[2]) was a gag cartoonist and a Platinum Age and Golden Age comic book artist. He is best remembered for his work on the Star-Spangled Kid, which he co-created with Jerry Siegel, who had previously co-created Superman.[3] [4]

Gag cartooning

Sherman drew gag cartoons for magazines, including College Laughs. During the 1950s, he created cartoons for cocktail napkins published by Monogram of California. His napkin sets include Double Feature, which was two-panel cartoons, one on the outside of the napkin, one that appeared when it was unfolded (1955);[5] Little Friar, gags about a friar (1956); and Nudeniks, cartoons about nudists (1958).[6] [7] [8]

During the 1960s, he expanded the Little Friar and the Nudeniks material each into their own full paperback of cartoons.[9] He also drew Alley Whoops! (1962), a book of bowling cartoons, Pennant Laffs (1963), a book of punch-out humorous pennants, and Fishing for Laughs (1964), a volume of fishing cartoons.

Awards

Personal life

Sherman and Ann, his wife of over 60 years, are buried together in Mount Hebron Cemetery in Flushing, New York.

Notes and References

  1. Murray, Will. "The Wonder Woman Who Was Lost!: The Hal Sherman Story", Comic Book Marketplace, May 2000, p. 44-53
  2. Social Security Death Index
  3. Book: Wallace, Daniel. Dolan. Hannah. 1940s. DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle. Dorling Kindersley. 2010. London, United Kingdom. 978-0-7566-6742-9. 37. Star Spangled Kid had previously appeared in Action Comics #40, but this story by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman introduced his adult sidekick, Stripesy..
  4. Web site: Hal Sherman. lambiek.net.
  5. Web site: Vintage Boxed Hal Sherman Risque Cartoon Cocktail Napkins - Party Novelty - #249992668. Worthpoint.
  6. Web site: Vintage 1958 Hal Sherman Nudeniks Cocktail Bar Napkins, Set of 23 - #293988536. Worthpoint.
  7. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. November 10, 1963. Google Books.
  8. Web site: Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1958: January-June. Library of Congress Copyright. Office. November 10, 2018. Copyright Office, Library of Congress. Google Books.
  9. Web site: THE LITTLE FRIAR by Hal Sherman. Mike. Lynch. March 31, 2014.
  10. Web site: Inkpot Award. n.d.. San Diego Comic-Con. https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot. January 29, 2017. live. mdy-all.

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