Arthur Baldwin Sansom Jr. (September 16, 1920 – July 4, 1991), better known as Art Sansom, was an American

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who created the long-running

The Born Loser ''The Born Loser'' is a newspaper comic strip created by Art Sansom in 1965. His son, Chip Sansom, who started assisting on the strip in 1989, is the current artist. The strip is distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association. The Sansoms won ...

''. He was born in

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. After graduating with an art degree from

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in 1942, Sansom worked as an engineer/draftsman for

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.Art Sansom Cartoons 1966-1968
Syracuse University, 14 Apr 2009, Retrieved 11/29/2010 In addition, Art Sansom worked on the short-lived Comic Strip Dusty Chaps with his son Chip Sanson from 1982-1983. Sansom drew the strip ''Chris Welkin—Planeteer'', which was written by

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and ran from 1952 until 1964. In 1965, he created ''The Born Loser'' for the Newspaper Enterprise Association. In the mid-1980s, he was assisted on the strip by his son Chip Sansom, who assumed responsibility for the strip upon his death.

Awards

He received the

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for best humor comic strip in 1987 and 1991. He is buried in Lakewood Park Cemetery in Rocky River, Ohio.Vigil, Vicki Blum (2007). ''Cemeteries of Northeast Ohio: Stones, Symbols & Stories''. Cleveland, OH: Gray & Company, Publishers.

References

Sources

* Strickler, Dave. ''Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index.'' Cambria, California: Comics Access, 1995.

External links

NCS Awards
1920 births 1991 deaths People from East Cleveland, Ohio American comic strip cartoonists Ohio Wesleyan University alumni Burials at Lakewood Park Cemetery {{US-cartoonist-stub