Fett, George.

George Fett Original Cartoons.

1973-1977.

19 original comic strips.

George Fett was born in Cleveland, Ohio, the only child of Hungarian immigrants Frank J. and Elizabeth Horvath Fett. He graduated from Collinwood High School in 1938, then studied at the Cleveland School of Art, completing his classes in 1941. He joined the United States Merchant Marine and served on ships in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He regretted not having a chance to sail on the Pacific Ocean but was able to sketch a variety of characters he met on the North African Coast.

In 1944, he married his high-school sweetheart. Fett then attended the Colorado School of Art on a scholarship program. On their way to New York to pursue job opportunities, the Fett’s stopped in Cleveland to visit family and decided to stay. Fett began an engineering career that lasted for decades. In 1961, Fett began pursuing his lifelong dream of drawing a comic strip and had submitted several ideas to syndicates before Sniffy was accepted. Syndicated by Bell-McClure, it debuted June 19, 1964.

When the orphaned dog Little No-No became a major character after 1966, the comic strip was renamed Little No-No and Sniffy in 1970. Sniffy eventually left the comic strip and Little No-No evolved into Norbert. The comic strip was renamed Norbert in 1973. This was one year after United Feature Syndicate took over syndication of Fett’s comic strip. Fett drew Norbert until his final daily strip was published on January 2, 1982. Winthrop cartoonist Dick Cavalli continued the strip until September 26, 1983. In his retirement, Fett painted with watercolors and oils. He died on November 6, 1989, at the age of 69.

Source: Wikipedia 

Donated to Special Collections by Bill Janocha in January 2024.

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