View AccountFischetti, John (1916 - 1980)
John Fischetti original cartoon artwork.
Born in Brooklyn, New York. John Fischetti moved to California, where he worked for the Walt Disney Studio in Burbank. He began his career as an editorial cartoonist at the Chicago Sun in 1941. In 1942 he joined the staff of Stars & Stripes as war-time artist. From 1951 to 1962 he was a syndicated cartoonist for the Newspaper Enterprise Association. He then joined the New York Herald Tribune, departing in 1967 when that paper folded. In 1967 he moved back to Chicago and joined the Chicago Daily News, which ceased publication in 1978. He joined Bill Mauldin at the Chicago Sun-Times two years before he died of a heart attack in 1980.
