Al Scaduto
American cartoonist, 1928-2007 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Alvaro Scaduto (July 12, 1928 ā December 8, 2007), better known as Al Scaduto, was a cartoonist noted for his 61-year span of work for King Features Syndicate on the classic strips, They'll Do It Every Time and Little Iodine, which Jimmy Hatlo created.
Al Scaduto | |
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Born | Alvaro Scaduto (1928-07-12)July 12, 1928 Bronx, New York |
Died | December 8, 2007(2007-12-08) (aged 79) Sleepy Hollow, New York |
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Awards | National Cartoonists Society's Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award, 1979 and 1991 |
Born in the Bronx, Scaduto attended high school at the School of Industrial Art, where he focused on cartooning and won several awards. He also studied at the Art Students League. After graduating from the School of Industrial Art in 1946, he joined the art department at King Features, and two years later, he teamed with cartoonist Bob Dunn on They'll Do It Every Time.
Over a 14-year period, Scaduto drew both the Little Iodine newspaper strip and comic books. The character appeared in a series of 56 Dell Comics published between 1949 and 1962. Scaduto continued to work with Dunn after Hatlo's death in 1963.