Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004
Variant namesSydney Hoff began his career in 1928, began his first syndicated cartoon series in 1939, was the star of a television series "Tales of Hoff," a prolific author and illustrator, and accepted advertising commissions from major United States corporations including Standard Oil and Maxwell House Coffee. His "Irving and Me" was on the New York Times Ten Best Children's Books list (1967).
From the description of Papers, 1958-1994. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63280494
Syd Hoff was born in New York City in 1912 and studied at the city's Academy of Design. One of the most prominent and prolific cartoonists in the United States, Hoff was also the author and illustrator of several early-reader classics.
From the description of Syd Hoff papers. [Part 1], 1946-1992 (bulk 1950-1992). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 50263563
From the description of Syd Hoff papers. [Part 2], 1946-1992 (bulk 1950-1992). (University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus). WorldCat record id: 50263962
Syd Hoff was born in New York City, NY in 1912; he studied art at the National Academy of Design; contributed cartoons to The New Yorker, Esquire, Look, and the Saturday evening post; he also drew the syndicated cartoon, Laugh it off; illustrated books, some of which he also wrote; most of these were written for children, including Danny and the dinosaur (1958), Sammy the seal (1959), Julius (1958), and Lengthy (1963); he has also published compilations of his cartoons.
From the description of Papers, 1960-1972. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 38990357
SketchSyd(ney )Hoff was born in 1912 in New York, and he died in 2002. He began as a cartoonist in 1928 and expanded to illustrating in 1935, preferring to work in ink, washes, crayon and watercolor. He has written and self-illustrated over 60 children's books and has illustrated over twenty.
From the description of Sydney Hoff Collection 1958-1994. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 429023996
Biography
Syd Hoff was born in New York City, New York in 1912; he studied art at the National Academy of Design; contributed cartoons to The New Yorker, Esquire, Look, and the Saturday evening post ; he also drew the syndicated cartoon, Laugh it off; illustrated books, some of which he also wrote; most of these were written for children, including Danny and the dinosaur (1958), Sammy the seal (1959), Julius (1958), and Lengthy (1963); he has also published compilations of his cartoons.
From the guide to the Syd Hoff Papers, 1960-1972, (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)
Syd Hoff (1912-2004) was an American humor cartoonist, illustrator and author.
Born September 4, 1912 in New York City, Hoff attended the National Academy of Design and sold his first cartoon to the New Yorker while still in his teens. He became known for his cartoons about tenement and lower-middle-class life in the big city, which ran in the New Yorker . One of his recurring characters, a walrus-mustached man in trousers and undershirt, eventually appeared as the father in a daily strip called Tuffy, done for King Features Syndicate from 1940 to 1950. In 1957 Hoff began a new daily cartoon for King Features titled Laugh It Off which he continued until 1971.
His cartoons have appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Look, and other magazines, and he has written and illustrated several children's books including Danny and the Dinosaur . In 1976 he edited and published Editorial and political cartooning: from earliest times to the present, which contains over 700 examples from the works of the world's greatest cartoonists.
From the guide to the Syd Hoff Cartoons, 1948-1969, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)
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creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Papers, 1960-1972. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
creatorOf | Gingrich, Arnold. Arnold Gingrich papers, 1932-1975. | Bentley Historical Library | |
creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Papers, 1958-1994. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Syd Hoff papers. [Part 1], 1946-1992 (bulk 1950-1992). | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
creatorOf | Bergman, Bernard Aaron, 1894-1980. Papers, 1933-1978. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Syd Hoff papers. [Part 2], 1946-1992 (bulk 1950-1992). | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
creatorOf | Chalmers, Mary, 1927-. Mary Chalmers papers 1956-1978. | University of Southern Mississippi, Regional Campus, Joseph Anderson Cook Library | |
referencedIn | American Radicalism Ephemera Collection, 1929-1968 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center | |
creatorOf | Haynie, Hugh. Hugh Haynie papers, 1965-1987. | The Filson Historical Society | |
referencedIn | Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Syd Hoff 1912-2004 biographical file. | Ohio State University Libraries | |
creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Sydney Hoff Collection 1958-1994. | University of Minnesota, Minneapolis | |
referencedIn | The Norma Paulus papers, 1953-2006, 1971-1976 | Willamette University Archives and Special Collections | |
referencedIn | Arnold Gingrich Papers, 1932-1975 | Bentley Historical Library | |
creatorOf | Hoff, Syd, 1912-2004. Cartoons, [1962] and n.d. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Syd Hoff Papers, 1960-1972 | University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections. | |
creatorOf | Syd Hoff Cartoons, 1948-1969 | Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center |
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associatedWith | Bergman, Bernard Aaron, 1894-1980. | person |
associatedWith | Chalmers, Mary, 1927- | person |
associatedWith | Gingrich, Arnold. | person |
associatedWith | Haynie, Hugh. | person |
associatedWith | Paulus, Norma | person |
associatedWith | Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center | corporateBody |
associatedWith | USM Libraries. de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. | corporateBody |
associatedWith | USM Libraries. de Grummond Children's Literature Collection. | corporateBody |
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American wit and humor, Pictorial |
Art |
Caricatures and cartoons |
Cartooning |
Cartoonists |
Children's literature |
Children's literature, American |
Illustrators |
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Person
Birth 1912-09-04
Death 2004-05-12