Greene, Vernon Van Atta (1908 - 1965)

Vernon Van Atta Greene original strip cartoon artwork.

Greene was a prolific cartoonist and illustrator who worked on several comic strips and was best known for his artwork on Bringing Up Father. Greene started his cartoon career drawing sports cartoons for Oregon's Portland Telegram (1927-29), the Toledo Blade (1930-32) and the New York Mirror (1934-37). He was working for King Features Syndicate in 1935. In1940, Greene began drawing The Shadow daily comic strip, distributed by the Ledger Syndicate. For many years, he was the ghost artist on the daily version of Cliff Sterrett's Polly and Her Pals strip. After the death of George McManus in 1954, Greene took over Bringing Up Father.