Charles G. Brooks 1920- biographical file.

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Charles G. Brooks 1920- biographical file.

Biographical file may contain one or more of the following: "Biographical Registry" form filled out by the cartoonist including information about education, career history, awards, signature example, and family information; biographical essays or sketches of the cartoonist; articles by or about the cartoonist; examples of the cartoonist's work in the form of clippings or photocopies.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7706100

Ohio State University Libraries

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Ohio State University. Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum.

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Brooks, Charles G., 1920-

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Charles Gordon Brooks was born November 22, 1920 in Andualusia, Alabama. He attended Birmingham Southern College, which Brooks left in 1941 to attend the Chicago Academy of Fine Art. It was here that Brooks learned the art of editorial cartooning. After service in World War II, Brooks was hired as an editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham News in Birmingham, Alabama. He worked there from 1948 to 1985. Brooks passed away on September 29, 2011. Before his career as an editorial cartoonist, Brooks...