Ellen -Virginia - Katherine - Lorraine - Carol Ann - Patricia - Christine - and a baby brother keep the pen of artist George Smith busy.
Because Smith had just left art school and started a career as a cartoonist, it seemed quite logical that the Army classified him as a draftsman when he enlisted. But when he sent in a diagram of lubrication points on a G.I. truck, everyone thought it was funny. He became chief artist of the 58th Signal Battalion with a studio on half the islands in the Pacific.
Among other things, he drew a cartoon a day, caricaturing anyone who was vulnerable, all this with the commander's backing.
After the Army, Smith went back to cartooning and raising a family and reports that both are coming along fine. He sold his first cartoon to the Saturday Evening Post and has been a fairly regular contributor ever since.
Family-wise, his seven daughters and son speak for themselves and probably earn their support by providing ideas.
Getting ideas is the real mystery of cartooning, Mr. Smith says he enjoys drawing; however, he explains working conditions haven't changed much since the Army days. I'm still involved in a war, he says. I share a kitchen where I work with my wife and daughters. It's like holding a track meet in a submarine.
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GEORGIE DID SOME PAINTING WITH THE OIL PAINTING OUTFIT YOU GAVE HIM FOR HIS BIRTHDAY DAD. HE PAINTED LAURA WAGGONER.
Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Wed, Dec 30, 1970 Page 18
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About The Smith Family Comic Strip
George J. Smith was born on February 5, 1920, in the back of an ambulance on the way to Cumberland Street Hospital in Brooklyn, New York — a...
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