Warren Sattler (born September 7, 1934) is an American

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and

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, who contributed work to many popular publications from the early 1960s through the 1990s.

Biography

A lifelong

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resident, Warren Sattler started cartooning at an early age and was first published in a newspaper at age 15. He got his education at the Wilcox Technical School in

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. He later taught at the Famous Artists School from 1957 to 1962. In the 1960s, he assisted on the comic strips '' Barnaby'' and ''

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''. Sattler also drew comics that appeared in '' Help'' magazine under the direction of

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. His own strip, ''Grubby'', ran from 1964 to 1997 (syndicated by the

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).Warren Sattler
at the

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. In the 1970s, Sattler produced art for

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s, in particular

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. Some titles he worked on include ''

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'', '' Fightin' Army'', '' Fightin' Marines'', ''

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'', '' Ghostly Haunts'', and ''Yang''. Additionally, he worked as an illustrator for '' Cracked'' magazine, '' National Lampoon'', and ''

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''. Sattler created a second syndicated comic strip in 1980: ''Swamp Brats'', a Sunday-only strip. He ghosted on such newspaper strips as '' Bringing Up Father'', ''Comics for Kids'' and '' Gil Thorp'' during the 1980s and 1990s.

Personal life

Sattler and his wife Margaret had five children: Steve, Marc, Craig, Casey, and Cindy.

Awards

In 2003, he was inducted into the Meriden Hall of Fame.

Notes

References

Who's Who of American Comic Books
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