Dr. Suess Comic Feature

Theodor Seuss Geisel was an American children’s author, political cartoonist, poet, animator, screenwriter, filmmaker, and artist. He was best known for his work writing and illustrating more than 60 books under the pen name Doctor Seuss. This Dr. Suess comic features explores how he created pop culture hits like The Grinch Who Stole Christmas, The Lorax, Green Eggs and Ham and The Cat in The Hat.

His work includes many of the most popular children’s books of all time, selling over 600 million copies and being translated into more than 20 languages by the time of his death.

Geisel adopted the name “Dr. Seuss” as an undergraduate at Dartmouth College and as a graduate student at the University of Oxford. He left Oxford in 1927 to begin his career as an illustrator and cartoonist for Vanity Fair, Life, and various other publications.

He published his first children’s book And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street in 1937. The book was reportedly rejected by nearly 30 publishers but after his chance meeting with a friend who was an editor at Vanguard Press, And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street was finally released to rave reviews and pathing his path as a timeless children’s author.

He also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil. During World War II, he took a brief hiatus from children’s literature to illustrate political for the New York newspaper PM. from 1941-1943, Geisel, also known as Dr. Seuss, worked as the chief editorial cartoonist for the New York magazine PM, creating over 400 editorial cartoons.