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Eugene "Zim" Zimmerman was born in Switzerland and identified by his block scrawl signature "Zim", was the developer of the Grotesque school of caricature and one of the nation's most respected and original cartoonists of the late nineteenth century. Though "Zim" started his career with Puck, he later worked for Judge and was a prolific and energetic artist. "Zim" also painted formal portraits, wrote newspaper and magazine articles, drew a newspaper comic strip, illustrated books, created a cartoonist correspondence course and not only founded but was the first president of the American Association of Cartoonists and Caricaturists. |