Brad Anderson Biography

Fast Facts

• Served in the United States Navy during World War II, continuing to work on his cartoons during his service
• Won the Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Cartoonists Society in 2013
• Graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in advertising in 1951
• Became a cartoonist when he was a teenager and sold his first comic to Flying Aces Magazine when he was 15
• Quote: "Every day, I go to work still enjoying the challenge of creating expression and body language․ It's never a burden, never a job․ It's just fun․"
• Best known as the creator of the "Marmaduke" comic strip in 1954