Germano, Eddie

Eddie Germano (1924- ) is an American editorial and sports cartoonist.

Eddie Germano was born in Boston on November 15, 1924. At age 16, he started working in the office at the Boston Post . After serving in the Army and landing his first full-time cartooning job in 1948, Germano worked at several Florida and Massachusetts newspapers. In 1963 he joined the staff of the Brockton Enterprise where he created sports and editorial cartoons. At age 66, Germano left the Enterprise to pursue freelance work.

In addition to his newspaper cartoons, Germano worked on other various cartoon projects. Germano produced a cartoon television show for three years and beginning in 1971, Germano contributed special sports features to the Boston Globe . Around this time he also drew a daily sports feature for Columbia in New York. During the 1990s, Germano worked with Tom McCormick on Mr. Speaker, a strip that was never published.

Germano is particularly well known for his cartoons featuring Boston’s sports teams. In 1989 his book Red Sox Drawing Board was published and Germano won an award for his cartoon series about heavyweight boxer Rocky Marciano who was raised in Brockton. Some of his cartoons have also been exhibited at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

Germano is a member of the National Cartoonists Society which recognized Germano with its 1981 and 1992 sports cartoon awards.

Eddie Germano continues to draw privately commissioned cartoons.

From the guide to the Eddie Germano Cartoons., 1964-1968., (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)