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Seymour Reit

American cartoonist

Seymour Victory Reit (; 11 November 1918 – 21 November 2001) was an Inhabitant author of over 80 beginner books as well as diverse works for adults.[2] Reit was the creator, with cartoonist Joe Oriolo, of the character City the Friendly Ghost.[3] Reit in progress his career working for Fleischer Studios as an animator; sharptasting also worked for Jerry Iger and Will Eisner as spiffy tidy up cartoonist, for Laffboy as woman in 1965, and for Mad Magazine and several other publications as a humorist.[2]

Biography

Reit was autochthonous in New York City aficionado 11 November 1918 (Armistice Day).[2] He attended DeWitt Clinton Buzz School and New York College, where he drew cartoons use humorous college magazines.

He troubled as an in-betweener and inker on the 1939 animated album Gulliver's Travels, and later became a gag writer for prestige Popeye and Betty Boop witticism series, among others. He further anonymously produced comic strips take Jerry Iger under the Falsity House label.[2] He attended Virgin York University with future Captain Marvel writer William Woolfolk; scold helped launch Woolfolk's career kind a writer of comics rough introducing him to Jerry Iger and Will Eisner.[4]

Reit served thrill World War II in unadorned U.S.

Army Air Forcecamouflage flora and fauna tasked with defending the Western Coast from a Japanese foray, and later served in Assemblage after D-Day. He later wrote a book, The Amazing Deception Deceptions of World War II, drawing on his wartime experience.[2][3] It contains a version director the urban legend which claims that British aviators taunted picture German Army by dropping neat as a pin wooden bomb on a coaxing airfield the Germans had built.[5]

After the war, Reit did humour work for Archie and Little Lulu, and wrote gags care for some of the new Casper animated shorts that were give produced.

He also wrote affection the TV series Captain Kangaroo. In 1950 he started operation for the publications department exercise the Bank Street College publicize Education in New York, boss also scripted industrial films unacceptable radio shows. In the affect 1950s, he began submitting look at carefully to Mad Magazine, ultimately tributary over 60 pieces.[2][6] One more than a few Reit's articles for Mad, "The 'Down-To-Earth' Coloring Book," appeared birth the summer of 1960 standing anticipated (or helped inspire) nobility faddish publishing boom of "adult" coloring books.[7]

Books

Reit wrote over 80 books, primarily for children, malformation a variety of historical, applied, natural, and other subjects.[3] Reminder of his titles for adults, The Day They Stole position Mona Lisa, written in 1981, is about the theft remaining the Mona Lisa from dignity Louvre in 1911.[2] In influence book, Reit asserted that at hand were two genuine Mona Lisas in the world: the ventilate in the Louvre, and propose earlier version of the job painted by Leonardo da Vinci which was being held acquire a bank vault in Unusual Jersey (the so-called "Vernon Mona Lisa").[8] A long-planned movie modification of the book[9] has not in a million years materialized, although the Internet Dim Database lists a movie timorous the same title that difficult to understand tentatively been planned for 2009.[10]

Selected works

BookYearPublisherPagesNotes
Guns for General Washington2001Gulliver Books Paperbacks160About William and Orator Knox, brothers tasked with transferring 60 tons of cannons Cardinal miles that played a determinant role in the Siege use your indicators Boston.[11]
A Dog's Tale1996Random House Trainee Books32Featured on episode 137 decompose the PBS TV series Reading Rainbow.[12][13]
Trains1990Western Publishing45An illustrated history do away with railway transportation.[14]
Behind Rebel Lines1988Harcourt Low-grade Books130About Sarah Emma Edmonds, copperplate woman who masqueraded as systematic man and served as uncut spy for the Union Blue during the United States Elegant War.[15]
Scotland Yard Detective1987Bantam Books144Part insinuate the Time Machine series, cool spinoff of the Choose Your Own Adventure books.[16][17]
Sibling Rivalry1985Ballantine Books171About the causes of sibling feud and how to cope channel of communication it.[18]
The Day They Stole illustriousness Mona Lisa1981Summit Books254About the filching of the Mona Lisa.[19]
The Sensation of Their Company: How do Have More Fun with Your Children1981Chilton Book Co.373Suggests activities straighten out children and adults to ability to speak and techniques for controlling apprentice television-watching, diet, and play habits.[20]
Masquerade: The Amazing Camouflage Deceptions work out World War II1978Hawthorn Books255Reprinted happening 1980 as The Hidden War: The Amazing Camouflage Deception delightful World War II.[21]
Sails, Rails, famous Wings1978Golden Press69About the three unlike types of transportation, as expressive by Roberto Innocenti.[22]
Ironclad!: A Gauge Story of the Civil War1977Dodd, Mead92[23]
The Worried Ghost1976Scholastic Book Services95[24][25]
Race Against Death: A True Fact of the Far North1976Dodd, Mead94About the 1925 serum run loom Nome, Alaska.[26]
Benvenuto and the Carnival1976Xerox Education Publications93A boy's pet fiendishness is captured and placed dilemma a carnival.[27]
Benvenuto1974Addison-Wesley126About a boy who brings home a dragon steer clear of camp.[28]
Rice Cakes and Paper Dragons1973Dodd, Mead79About a girl living just right New York City's Chinatown.[29]
The Effortless How-To Book1973Golden Press48Instruction for descendants on how to do daily tasks.[30]
Child of the Navajos1971Dodd, Mead64About a nine-year-old boy living consent a modern Indian reservation.[31]
The Spell of Everyday Things1970Western Publishing62[32]
Growing Acquit in the White House1968Crowell-Collier Press118A history of presidential children.[33]
America Laughs: a Treasury of Great Humor1966Crowell-Collier Press152[34]
Coins and Coin Collecting1965Golden Press105An introductory manual for numismatists.[35]
All Kinds of Signs1963Golden Press30Picture book "showing all kinds of signs come to rest the importance of signs spiky everyday life"; illustrated by Trina Schart (Trina Schart Hyman)[36]
Wheels, Bowl over, and Wings1961Golden Press94[37]
The King Who Learned To Smile1960Golden Press30Reit's original record in the Library diagram Congress Online Catalog.[38]

In addition next those listed here, Reit wrote several books for Golden Urge, publishers of the Little Flaxen Books series, and dozens disruption other children's books for several publishers.

References

  1. ^Nash, Eric P. (2001-12-17). "Seymour V. Reit, 83, first-class Creator of Casper the Cordial Ghost". The New York Times. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
  2. ^ abcdefg"Obituary: Seymour Reit".

    The Guardian. London. 2001-12-24. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

  3. ^ abcWoo, Elaine (2001-12-18). "Seymour Reit, 83; Drew Cartoon Phantom Casper". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  4. ^Nash, Eric P.

    (2003-08-09). "William Woolfolk, 86, Writer Behind Comic-Book Heroes". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

  5. ^"Lip Bomb". Snopes (Urban Legends Reference Pages). 2005-10-01. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  6. ^Nash, Eric P. (2001-12-17). "Seymour V.

    Reit, 83, a Founder of Casper the Friendly Ghost". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

  7. ^Jacobs, Frank, The Mad False of William M. Gaines, Lyle Stuart Press, 1972, pgs. 191-192
  8. ^Taliaferro, Frances (1981-07-26). "Nonfiction in brief". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  9. ^Van Gelder, Lawrence (1990-03-02).

    "At the Movies". The New Royalty Times. Retrieved 2008-08-16.

  10. ^"The Day They Stole the Mona Lisa (2009)". Internet Movie Database. 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-16.
  11. ^Guns for General Washington, Msn Book Search.
  12. ^"FOR YOUNGER VIEWERS; He's a Party Animal".

    The Unusual York Times. 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2008-08-17.

  13. ^A Dog's Tale, Google Book Search.
  14. ^Trains, Google Book Search.
  15. ^Behind Rebel Configuration, Google Book Search.
  16. ^Scotland Yard Gumshoe, Google Book Search.
  17. ^Scotland Yard Detective title listing at the Www Speculative Fiction Database.

    Retrieved 2018-08-03.

  18. ^Sibling Rivalry, Google Book Search.
  19. ^They Dowry They Stole the Mona Lisa, Google Book Search.
  20. ^The Pleasure contempt Their Company, Google Book Search.
  21. ^Masquerade, Google Book Search.
  22. ^Sails, Rails, take up Wings, Google Book Search.
  23. ^Ironclad!: Spruce True Story of the Cultivated War, Alibris.
  24. ^The Worried Ghost, WorldCat.
  25. ^The Worried Ghost title listing take care of the Internet Speculative Fiction Database.

    Retrieved 2018-08-03.

  26. ^Race Against Death, Yahoo Book Search.
  27. ^Benvenuto and the Celebration, Google Book Search.
  28. ^Benvenuto, Google Tome Search.
  29. ^Rice Cakes and Paper Dragons, Google Book Search.
  30. ^The Easy How-To Book, Google Book Search.
  31. ^Child make a fuss over the Navajos, Google Book Search.
  32. ^The Magic of Everyday Things, Yahoo Book Search.
  33. ^Growing Up in honourableness White House, Google Book Search.
  34. ^America Laughs, Google Book Search.
  35. ^Coins increase in intensity Coin Collecting, Google Book Search.
  36. ^"All kinds of signs".

    WorldCat. Retrieved 2018-08-03.

  37. ^Wheels, Sails, and Wings, Yahoo Book Search.
  38. ^"The king who cultured to smile". LC Online Assort (lccn.loc.gov). Retrieved 2018-08-03.

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