Anderson, Brad

Bradley Jay Anderson (1924- ), commonly known as Brad Anderson, is an American cartoonist and creator of the comic strips Marmaduke and Grandpa's Boy . Anderson received his B.F.A. from Syracuse University in 1951.

Born in Jamestown, New York, Brad Anderson grew up in Chautauqua County in western New York, graduating from Brocton Central High School in 1943. It was in high school that the young aviation buff began submitting cartoons for publication in specialty magazines like Flying and Flying Aces . After high school, Anderson served in the U.S. Navy during World War II, where he continued to develop his artistic skills, contributing cartoons to various Navy publications during his three years of service (1943-1946). Anderson enrolled at Syracuse University on the G.I. Bill after the War, where he studied fine arts with a major in Advertising. Throughout his undergraduate years, he frequently published cartoons in the student magazine The Syracusan, as well as in popular commercial publications like Collier's Weekly and the Saturday Evening Post .

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