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Syd Hoff (September 4, 1912 – May 12, 2004) was a Jewish-American cartoonist and children's book author, best known for his classic early reader ''Danny and the Dinosaur''. His cartoons appeared in a multitude of genres, including advertising commissions for such companies as Eveready Batteries, Jell-O, OK Used Cars, S.O.S Pads, Rambler, Ralston Cereal, and more.〔(Syd Hoff official website. )〕 Hoff was born in Bronx, New York. While he was still at high school, Milt Gross, a popular 1930s cartoonist, told him at an assembly, "Kid, someday you'll be a great cartoonist!"〔(Syd Hoff:Autobiography ) Official Syd Hoff Website, retrieved January 13, 2013〕 At 16, he enrolled at the National Academy of Design in New York City. At 18, he sold his first cartoon to ''The New Yorker'', and eventually sold a total of 571 of them to the publication from 1931 to 1975. Hoff became known for his cartoons in ''The New Yorker'' depicting tenements and lower-middle class life in the city.〔(Syd Hoff Cartoons ) Syracuse University, Nov 6, 2009, Retrieved November 30, 2010〕〔(HarperCollins–Authors & Illustrators ) HarperCollins Publishers, 2010, Retrieved November 30, 2010〕 His cartoons have appeared in a variety of publications including the ''New Yorker'', ''Esquire'', and ''Look'' magazine. He was also the host of a television show ''Tales of Hoff'', in which he drew and told stories.〔 Hoff wrote and illustrated over 60 volumes in the HarperCollins "I Can Read" series for beginning readers, most notably ''Sammy the Seal'' and the popular ''Danny and the Dinosaur'' (1958), which sold 10 million copies and has been translated into a dozen languages. In 1976, Hoff edited and published ''Editorial and Political Cartooning: From Earlier Times to the Present'', which contains over 700 examples of works from the world's editorial and political cartoons.〔〔 ==Syndicated comic strips== Hoff drew two long-running syndicated comic strips: ''Tuffy'' (1939–1949) and ''Laugh It Off'' (1958–1978). One of his recurring characters is a walrus-mustached man who eventually appeared as the father in his daily ''Tuffy'', done for the King Features Syndicate from 1939 to 1950.〔 ''Tuffy'' was originally commissioned by William Randolph Hearst in 1938, and was declared "essential for national morale" during the American involvement in WWII. This classification kept Hoff out of active military duty during WWII, although he joined the Office of War Information and drew propaganda cartoons which were dropped behind enemy lines.〔(Biographical Timeline ) www.sacreddoodles.com, the official Syd Hoff website, retrieved 1/5/2013〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Syd Hoff」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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