Clarence Daniel (C.D.) Batchelor was born in Osage City, Kansas in 1888. He attended local public schools and Salina (Kan.) High School before studying at the Chicago Art Institute. His first editorial drawings were for the Salina Journal, and in 1911 he moved to the Kansas City Star. After six months with the Star, he worked briefly with his father for the railroad and began to do freelance work for Puck, Life, and Judge magazines.
About 1912 Batchelor moved to New York and was variously employed by the New York Mail, the New York Tribune, the New York Journal, and the New York Post. In 1931 he joined the New York Daily News and became its chief editorial cartoonist. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 1937 for a cartoon depicting European youth being enticed by war. After his retirement from the News, he worked on the staff of the National Review. Batchelor died in 1978.
From the description of A collection of C.D. Batchelor cartoons. 1931-1950. (Wichita State University). WorldCat record id: 28232667
