Hy Eisman
Hy Eisman (born March 27, 1927) is an American cartoonist, active since the 1950s, who writes and draws the Sunday strips for "Popeye" and (until the strip went into reruns in 2006) "The Katzenjammer Kids". In December 2008, Eisman introduced the character of Bluto to the "Popeye" Sunday strips, as the twin brother of Brutus. He entered the comic strip field in 1950 and worked on several strips, including "Kerry Drake", "Little Iodine" and "Bunny". In comic books he was the last artist doing "Little Lulu" before it was cancelled in 1984. He took over "The Katzenjammer Kids  in 1986 and the Popeye" Sunday strip in 1994. An interview with Eisman on his career appeared in "Hogan's Alley" #15 (2007). In 1976, Eisman, who lives in Glen Rock, New Jersey, became a teacher at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art. Personal life. He has two daughters by his first marriage. His wife of 42 years died of cancer in the fall of 1997. On June 27, 2004, he married Florenz Greenberg, whose husband had also died in 1997. She was the managing editor at CavanKerry Press, a nonprofit publisher of literary works in Fort  Lee, New Jersey. Their wedding invitation was a comic strip with Popeye and Olive Oyl. Florenz Greenberg died on October 20, 2013, in Glen Rock. Awards. Eisman won the 1975 National Cartoonists Society's Award for Best Humor Comic Book Cartoonist (for Gold Key's "Nancy" comic books). In 1983, he received a National Cartoonists Society Award for his work on the "Little Lulu" comic book.