Hy Eisman
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Hy Eisman (born March 27 1927) is an American cartoonist. He is the current (as of 2006) writer and artist of the Sunday strips The Katzenjammer Kids and Popeye.
He has worked in the comic strip business since 1950, on strips such as Kerry Drake, Little Iodine and Bunny. He took over the Popeye Sunday strip in 1994 and The Katzenjammer Kids in 1986.
Eisman has been a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art since 1976.
He won the 1983 National Cartoonists Society Award for Best Comic Book.
External links
- [Eisman interview]
- [Eisman interview]
- [NY Times article]
- [Lambiek comiclopedia entry]
- [Eisman biography at King Features]
- [NCS Awards]
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