Ray Osrin
| Ray Osrin | |
|---|---|
| Born | Raymond Harold Osrin October 5, 1928 Brooklyn, New York |
| Died | April 3, 2001 (aged 72) Delray Beach, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Penciller, Inker |
| Pseudonym(s) | Drake Waller |
| Awards | National Headliners Club's award for editorial cartooning, 1971 |
Raymond Harold Osrin (October 5, 1928 – April 3, 2001) was an American cartoonist. He was most notable for his position as the editorial cartoonist for the Cleveland Plain Dealer, where his political cartoons appeared daily for more than 30 years.
Osrin was born in Brooklyn, New York and studied at the School of Industrial Art and the Art Students League. He was a staff inker at Jerry Iger's comics shop from 1945 to 1949. In the 1940s, his work appeared at Fiction House and Fox.
In 1950 Osrin worked as an inker on It Rhymes with Lust, a newsstand publication that was a precursor of the graphic novel. Called a "picture novel" on the cover and published by the comic book and magazine company St. John Publications, it was written by Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller (together using the pseudonym Drake Waller), with black-and-white art by Matt Baker.
In the mid-1950s, he drew for Archie Comics (Pat the Brat), Charlton Comics (Blue Beetle, Crime and Justice, romance and suspense stories) and Dell/Gold Key (Snuffy Smith and Barney Google, Supercar). In the 1960s he was also a ghost artist on the Morty Meekle daily. In 1957 Osrin moved from New York City to Pittsburgh, where he was involved in television animation and industrial film making. He was a staff cartoonist of the Pittsburgh Press from 1958 to 1963.
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