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

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s '' Barnaby'' and '' The Jackson Twins''. Sattler also drew comics that appeared in ''

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'' magazine under the direction of

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. His own strip, ''Grubby'', ran from 1964 to 1997 (syndicated by the Al Smith Service).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'', '' Ghost Manor'', '' 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 ''

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'', ''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

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