The only certainty was that practically every DC comic book would contain something by Henry Boltinoff. They were mixed randomly, with "On the Planet Og" sometimes turning up in Tomahawk and sometimes in Tales of the Unexpected and "Hy Wire" sometimes in Strange Adventures and sometimes in Superman. Casey the Cop, Super Turtle, Jerry the Jitterbug, Homer, Doctor Rocket, Moolah the Mystic, Cora the Carhop, Little Pete, Chief Hot Foot … these are only a few of the characters Boltinoff created for DC. They began seeing print in 1940 and continued for decades. Ellsworth gave him the go-ahead to submit fillers, ranging from half-page gags to tiny stories in the 2-3 page range. Two years after that, he called on Whitney Ellsworth, DC's editor, whom he'd come to know while making the magazine rounds, and asked for steady work. Then he freelanced for magazines, selling hundreds of cartoons to Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post, Ladies' Home Journal etc. He worked there from 1933 until the paper folded, in 1937. He was a professional cartoonist before he was out of his teens, drawing pictures for the theatre section of The New York American, where his brother, Murray, was an assistant editor. Boltinoff was born in 1914 in New York City. And tho generations of comic book readers know him almost exclusively for his DC work, the vast majority of his millions of fans know absolutely nothing about anything he's done in comic books. HENRY BOLTINOFF Born: 1914 Died: 2001 Job Description: Cartoonist Worked in: Comic books and newspaper comics Noted for: Hocus Focus, Stoker the Broker and more, including dozens of filler characters for DC Comics Henry Boltinoff never worked on Batman, Wonder Woman, Aquaman or any of the other long-lasting and numerous superheroes that Form the bulk of DC Comics' output over the past two-thirds of a century - and yet, his work has probably appeared in more individual DC issues than that of any other creator. Noted DC Comics artist Henry Boltinoff made occasional freelance contributions to the magazine. Years ago, I came across a collection of original TRUE MAGAZINE cartoon illustrations as part of an estate sale. SMALL "TRUE" STAMP ON BACK WITH "APRIL 46, PG 93" ISSUE INFO IS WRITTEN IN MARKER. ARTIST HAS WRITTEN THE GAG TEXT AND CROP MARKS IN PENCIL. THIS IS AN ORIGINAL CARTOON ILLUSTRATION BY HENRY BOLTINOFF TRUE MAGAZINE APRIL 1946 CARTOON: COMMUTER TRAIN CONDUCTOR FREAKS OUT GAG: "MY GAWD, I'M ON THE WRONG TRAIN" DRAWN IN BLACK INK WITH A BLUE WASH ON CREME ILLUSTRATION BOARD. Item: 253517920519 HENRY BOLTINOFF Original Vintage Cartoon Artwork TRUE MAGAZINE 1946 DC COMICS.
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