Little Lulu
''Little Lulu'' is a comic strip created in 1935 by American author Marjorie Henderson Buell. The character, Lulu Moppet, debuted in ''The Saturday Evening Post'' on February 23, 1935, in a single panel, appearing as a flower girl at a wedding ...
'' before it was cancelled in 1984.
From 1986 until 2006 (when the strip went into reruns), he wrote and drew ''
The Katzenjammer Kids
''The Katzenjammer Kids'' is an American comic strip created by Rudolph Dirks in 1897 and later drawn by Harold Knerr for 35 years (1914 to 1949).Hogan's Alley'' #15 (2007).
From 1994 until 2022, he wrote and drew the Sunday strips for ''
Popeye
Popeye the Sailor Man is a fictional cartoon character created by Elzie Crisler Segar. In December 2008, Eisman introduced the character of Bluto to the ''Popeye'' Sunday strips, as the twin brother of Brutus.
Personal life
In 1976, Eisman, who lives in
Glen Rock, New Jersey
Glen Rock is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, the borough's population was 12,133, reflecting an increase of 532 (+4.6%) from the 11,601 counted in the 2010 census,Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art.
He has two daughters by his first marriage. His wife of 42 years died of cancer in the fall of 1997. On June 27, 2004, he married Florenz Greenberg, whose husband had also died in 1997. She was the managing editor at CavanKerry Press, a nonprofit publisher of literary works in
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Fort Lee is a borough at the eastern border of Bergen County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey, situated along the Hudson River atop the Palisades.
As of the 2020 U.S. census, the borough's population was 40,191. As of the 2010 U.S. census, t ...
. Their wedding invitation was a comic strip with Popeye and Olive Oyl. Florenz Greenberg died on October 20, 2013, in Glen Rock.
Awards
Eisman won the 1975 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Humor Comic Book Cartoonist (for Gold Key's ''Nancy'' comic books). In 1983, he received a National Cartoonists Society Award for his work on the ''Little Lulu'' comic book.