Cartoons ~ WWII Cartoons

[ click on image to enlarge ] Milton Caniff and Leonard Sansone collaborated on many cartoons during WWII during their years with CNS (Camp Newspaper Services) located at the YANK Magazine headquarters in New York City. Here is a panel in Caniff’s popular cartoon strip Male Call that features Sansone’s GI Wolf.

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This is the press pass that was given out to members of the press of the Army, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, etc. You will see the G.I. Wolf, by Leonard Sansone with Miss Lace, by Milton Caniff, sharing an amusing exchange. This is just one of many cartoon collaborations between Sansone and Caniff during the war.

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Popularity Chart The G.I. Wolf was considered right up there in popularity with Milton Caniff’s Miss Lace (from Male Call). This chart was referenced in Robert C. Harvey’s biography. Meanwhile on Milton Canniff, Harvey said, “In CNS popularity polls, the Wolf (wouldn’t you know?) avidly pursued Miss Lace… these two features typically finished fifteen percent ahead of any other CNS feature.”

[ click on image to enlarge ] Lenny was friends with WWII cartoonist Sergeant George Baker who gave his Cartoon book (published by Simon and Schuster, New York, “The SAD SACK” (published 1944) autographed his book and gave it to Lenny.. His note is below that includes his own cartoon ‘Sad Sack ‘talking’ to Lenny’s Wolf cartoon character…