{"id":743,"date":"2017-12-01T18:34:48","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T18:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/?p=743"},"modified":"2023-03-23T14:56:24","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T14:56:24","slug":"sam-gross-cartoonist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/sam-gross-cartoonist\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Gross &#8211; Cartoonist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sam Gross<\/strong> (who signs his work S. Gross) is a legendary cartoonist. Sam\u2019s single panel cartoons have been appearing in magazines for over fifty years. And he\u2019s still at it! His odd, weird and wonderfully strange cartoons have been featured in many publications including <em>Good Housekeeping<\/em>, <em>Harvard Business Review<\/em> and <em>The New Yorker<\/em>. His most famous cartoon was published in the <em>National Lampoon<\/em> and involves a legless frog at a French restaurant. The subjects of Sam\u2019s cartoons range from daily life to characters from fairly tales, talking animals and sex. Often his cartoons are in questionable taste, which, of course, makes them even funnier. Imagine Charles Addams on LSD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/frog-legs-SamGross-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-759 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/frog-legs-SamGross-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"401\" height=\"312\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/frog-legs-SamGross-1.jpg 401w, https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/frog-legs-SamGross-1-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 401px) 100vw, 401px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam is a native of the Bronx, New York and started his professional life as an accountant. After a few years of being bored doing other people\u2019s taxes, he was able to pursue his real calling, cartooning. Sam has also taught cartooning and continues to be an inspiration to younger cartoonists.<\/p>\n<p>Sam\u2019s numerous published collections of cartoons are much sought after by collectors of great comic art. His books include, <em>An Elephant Is Soft and Mushy<\/em>, <em>Catss by Gross<\/em>, <em>Your Mother Is a Remarkable Woman<\/em>, and, <em>I Am Blind and My Dog Is Dead<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-757\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1-300x284.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;Cats! You can't live with them and you can't live without them!&quot;\" width=\"600\" height=\"568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1-300x284.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1-768x727.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1-500x473.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/cats-you-cant-live-with-them-and-you-cant-sam-gros-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re not familiar with Sam\u2019s work, go to Amazon and seek out his books. But be warned, these are not for children. They have adult subjects and themes. If you\u2019re easily offended, Sam\u2019s cartoons may not be for you. For everyone else, Sam Gross is one of the funniest single panel cartoonist ever to put pen to paper.<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section bb_built=&#8221;1&#8243;][et_pb_row][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243;][et_pb_text] Sam Gross (who signs his work S. Gross) is a legendary cartoonist. Sam\u2019s single panel cartoons have been appearing in magazines for over fifty years. And he\u2019s still at it! His odd, weird and wonderfully strange cartoons &hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/sam-gross-cartoonist\/\">Continue&nbsp;reading&nbsp;<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[88],"tags":[160],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=743"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":908,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/743\/revisions\/908"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marcbilgrey.com\/marcbilgreyblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}