Henry Syverson
Henry Syverson (October 5, 1918, in Pine Bush, New York – August 12, 2007, in Pine Bush, New York) was an American cartoonist and illustrator, who contributed cartoons regularly to The Saturday Evening Post, This Week and many other periodicals.[1]
In World War II PFC Hank Syverson served with the U.S. Army on Okinawa.[2]
Syverson attended the Walt Disney Animation Studios in the company of many animators destined for fame in magazine cartooning – there were Sam Cobean and Eldon Dedini. Some graduated to syndicated fame, such as Walt Kelly (Pogo), Hank Ketcham (Dennis the Menace) and George Baker (Sad Sack).[3]
One of my favorite influences is Henry Syverson. When I first saw his cartoons as a small boy in The Saturday Evening Post magazine, I had no idea he had once been a Disney artist, but when I learned that years later I wasn't surprised. His characters have the appeal and fluidity I associate with Disney, somehow coupled with a slightly more Thurber-esque abstraction. Like Walt Kelly, Hank Ketchum and other Disney alumni though, Syverson carved out a personal niche that is as unmistakeable as a signature.
— Will Finn (animator)
For thirty years I have pursued my favorite hobby -- at Walt Disney's Studios, then as a soldier-cartoonist (PFC Hank Syverson), and today, with my wife and two children contributing much inspiration, as a free-lance cartoonist. But perhaps to consider cartooning a hobby is deceiving. My son once asked me, 'Daddy, are you unemployed?'
— Henry Syverson
Publications
[edit]- Post Scripts from the Saturday Evening Post – John Bailey, Henry Syverson (Macrae Smith, Philadelphia, 1952)
- The Saturday Evening Post Humour – John Bailey, Henry Syverson (Elek Books, London, 1956)
- Aesop's Fables
- Lovingly Yours – Henry Syverson (Henry Holt & Co., NY, 1957)
- Bed, Breakfast and Bottled Water: A Cautionary Travel Guide to Europe – Kenneth R. Morgan, Henry Syverson (William Morrow & Co., 1963)
- Touche – (C. R. Gibson Company, Norwalk, Connecticut, 1968)
- What's So Funny About That? (1950s)
- A Diabolical Dictionary of Education – Richard Armour, Henry Syverson (McGraw-Hill, 1969) ISBN 9780070022676
- The Spouse in the House – Richard Armour, Henry Syverson (McGraw-Hill, 1975) ISBN 0070022704 / 0-07-002270-4
References
[edit]- ↑ Saturday Evening Post. December 13, 1958. Vol. 231. Issue 24, p. 112.
- ↑ "R & A Petrilla, Booksellers".
- ↑ Harvey, R. C. (March 28, 2013). "Making the World Safe for Insanity". The Comics Journal. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
- ↑ "Will Finn Blog".
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