MARV LEVY

According to a bio on Mike Lynch Cartoons blog: "Born in Albany, Georgia on February 21, 1925, Marv grew up in New York City. He attended the High School of Music and Art. After school hours, teenaged Marv drew comics for Harvey Publications, Centaur Comics and Timely. He apprenticed in the studios of Bernard Baily and Harry "A" Chesler. 

After graduation, he enlisted as an infantryman and was part of the 1944 Invasion of Normandy. After the war, he studied at Pratt Institute. He opened his own Manhattan studio specializing in humorous advertising in 1950.

In 1952 he drew "The Snowman's First Christmas" comic strip, which was written by Jim Miele. He also created the Woolworth Christmas Giveaway Comics, among others. The busy artist found time to marry the love of his life; former piano teacher Barbara, in 1957. By 1966, he gave up the studio and was an art director with BBDO, and other advertising firms.

He retired in 1988, but he did not stop. Continuing to freelance, he worked in the fields of television and illustration. Marv produced a film about his Normandy experiences, combining his war time drawings and video of a 1982-83 visit to France. Marv was an artist member of the legendary National Cartoonists Society Berndt Toast Gang chapter."