Orlando Busino
Orlando Busino | |
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Born | Binghamton, New York, U.S. | October 10, 1926
Died | January 11, 2022 | (aged 95)
Orlando Busino (October 10, 1926 – January 11, 2022) was an American cartoonist whose cartoons appeared in
Early life
Busino grew up in Binghamton, New York. His interest in cartooning started at the age of 9 and by age 14 he sold his first cartoon and gag to the New York Daily Mirror. Busino also won cartoon contests in Open Road for Boys Magazine. In high school, Orlando drew cartoons for the school newspaper, including a regular called "Bulldog, with Central, the Wonder Dog," a super-hero style comic strip.[1][2] He was drafted into the United States Army and served in Panama at the Albrook Air Force Station for twenty months from 1945–1947. While there he drew for the army unit newspaper.[3]
After leaving the army, Busino went to Triple Cities College of Syracuse University (now Binghamton University) and then the University of Iowa, where he graduated in 1952. He drew cartoons both at the Triple Cities College student newspaper and at The Daily Iowan.[3]
Career
After graduating, he moved to
Busino also worked for Archie Comics working with George Gladir in the 1960s, doing covers, illustrations, and stories for "Tales Calculated To Drive You Bats." This work was later reprinted in Archie's Madhouse.[4]
In addition to contributing cartoons to a number of leading magazines, Orlando Busino had a long-running series of cartoons called "Gus" in
Personal life and death
Busino lived in Ridgefield, Connecticut. He died on January 11, 2022, at the age of 95.[5]
Awards
He received the
Books
His cartoons have been anthologized in two books, Good Boy! and Other Animal Cartoons (1980) and Oh, Gus! (1981).[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Gus is Loose". Boys' Life. December. Boy Scouts of America: 6. 1981.
- ^ a b c Peterson, Bob (1984). "Master of the Shaggy Dog". Scouting. January–February. Boy Scouts of America: 28–29, 78–79.
- ^ a b "New York Student Draws Cartoons with SUI Touch". The Iowa Quest. June 1, 1952. p. 8.
- ^ Amash, Jim (2003). "Tales Calculated To Drive You BATS!". Alter Ego. 29.
- ^ Degg, D. D. (January 13, 2022). "Orlando Busino – RIP". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved January 14, 2022.
- ^ "Gag Cartoons". National Cartoonists Society. Archived from the original on March 18, 2016.