George Willard Bonte, a local of Cincinnati, Ohio, was an writer, artist, poet, cartoonist, and political marketing consultant who discovered solace within the uncommon.
After finishing his schooling on the Cincinnati College of Know-how, he moved to New York Metropolis in 1900 to grow to be an assistant artwork editor on the New York Herald. By 1920, he left the newspaper enterprise to work on illustrations and promotional items within the movement image business till his retirement in 1936. Bonte had a ardour for creating authentic comedian artwork and cartooning, typically signing his work with a cat-like character with a heart-shaped face. He handed away on the age of 73, in his dwelling on West ninety fifth Road in New York Metropolis, on March 13, 1946.
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