Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999 said Altman was worked at several comics studios, from 1938 to 1945, including Eisner and Iger, Binder, Funnies Inc., and L.B. Information about Altman’s art training has not been found. Altman enlisted in the army on November 13, 1942. Ellis Altman of 98 Riverside Drive, Manhattan, Oct. Morris Goodman of 1836 East 18th St., Brooklyn, announce the marriage of their daughter, Gertrude, to Gerald Altman, son of Mr. The Altman family resided in Manhattan at 155 West End Avenue.Ī marriage notice was published in the New York Times, October 11, 1942.Īltman–Goodman–Mr. Altman’s highest level of education was two years of college. ![]() The 1925 New York state census recorded Altman, his parents and sister in Manhattan at 79 Haven Avenue.Ī different address for the Altmans was found in the 1930 census: 410 Riverside Drive.Īccording to the 1940 census, Altman was a coat salesman and his father was a coat manufacturer. They lived in Manhattan at 96 Haven Avenue. Federal Census, Altman was the only child of Ellis, a Russian emigrant and salesman of ladies wear, and Bertha, a Hungarian. His birth information is from the Social Security Death Index and the New York, New York, Birth Index. His full name was found at an family tree. Gerald Selwyn Altman was born on on Februin Brooklyn, New York. One of the ladies wields a magnifying glass and a long pin. The first drawing in the series is an elegant nightmare: Four "fair entomologists" calmly study a tiny man on a tabletop. He's trying to write a letter, but can't decide to whom because he's haunted by multiple smiling ghosts. The last drawing has him resolved to Settle Down. This one is titled HE SUDDENLY LOSES ALL INTEREST IN FOOTBALL. Sometimes he's alarmed, other times he's just the usual serious Gibson man. So he goes on a trip to escape such stimulation but constantly encounters - or at least makes eye contact with - a succession of coolly provocative Gibson Girls: an acquaintance on a train, a friend's bevy of daughters, a bridge partner, fair strangers. The setup is a young man ordered by his doctor to avoid all excitement the presence of a shy housemaid causes palpitations. I found it in "The Best of Charles Dana Gibson", 1969 Bounty Books. ![]() This is from a 1903 series of drawings titled "The Weaker Sex: The Story of a Susceptible Bachelor".
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