Justus, Roy Braxton (1901 – 1983)

Roy Braxton Justus original cartoon artwork

Justus had his first exhibition while still in high school, a selection of cartoons about World War I displayed in the local drugstore. He attended Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and went to work as a cartoonist for the Sioux City Tribune where he stayed for 17 years with brief stints in Washington D.C. and in New York with the Associated Press. In 1944, after three years with the Sioux City Journal, Justus became the editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star. His editorial cartoons were also syndicated to newspapers around the United States through the Register and Tribune Syndicate. Justus served as President of the newly formed American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC). He was also a member of the National Cartoonists Society.