1924 - Born in
Omaha, NE.
1937 - Moved with family to San Diego, CA.
Attended Roosevelt
Junior High School,
San Diego High School.
1943 - Graduated San
Diego High School.
1943 -
Drafted into
U.S. Army.
1945 -
Set-up
independent cartooning business, San Diego, CA.
1949 -
Worked for Al Capp Enterprises, New York, N.Y.
1951 - Returned to
San Diego and revived independent cartooning career.
1952 - Moved to Los
Angeles, CA and worked with Zeke Zekley.
1955 - Created and sold
"Seventeen" which ran 20 years in several hundred newspapers
worldwide.
1960 - Created and sold "Kippy" along with brother Jordan Lansky.
1964 -
"Seventeen" exhibit at the Fine
Arts Gallery, San Diego, CA.
1973 -
Created and sold
"Lansky's Look".
1976 -
Hired by the San
Diego Union newspaper as editorial cartoonist.
1992
- Retired from San Diego Union and enjoyed:
-
Freelance artwork
- Book
reviews
-
Interviews
- Public
speaking
-
Afternoons at Starbucks
December
12, 2004
Peacefully
passed away.
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