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[edit] John Rosenberger
John Rosenberger (born November 30, 1918, in Richmond Hill, Queens – died January 24, 1977, in New York City(?))
[edit] Life
[edit] Early life
Rosenberger was born and grew up in the Richmond Hill neighborhood of Queens. During early childhood, he was bedridden for two years with scarlet fever. It was during this time he began to draw. His father, a printer, encouraged John's artistic ambitions, and recruited him to help at the print shop. John continued to draw, and took inspiration from such artists as Norman Rockwell, Alex Raymond, Hal Foster (Prince Valiant creator) and Milton Caniff (Terry and the Pirates creator).
In 1938, Rosenberger enrolled in night classes at Pratt Institute, where he met and started a romantic relationship with Marguerite "Peggy" Chapellier. Peggy was a fellow student and also happened to be the daughter of prominent art dealer George Chapellier. (Chapellier Galleries was located next to the Whitney, and dealt in American art, endorsing such painters as William Merritt Chase, Robert Henri and Frank Duveneck.) During their time at Pratt, John was painting houses and Peggy worked for Western Publishing as a comics colorist. The two continued to see each other as they took classes through 1941, and were married on May 27, 1942.
Soon after the marriage, John was drafted into the Army, compelling the couple to relocate to Washington, DC. There, John taught at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers School at Fort Belvoir, and was editor of the military magazine 'The Specialist', to which he contributed pin-ups and other illustrations. In 1943 John was sent overseas for the remainder of the war, working on the construction of an oil pipeline in the China Burma India Theater. The Rosenbergers' first son John was born while he was away.
After the war, the Rosenbergers moved into a new house in Jackson Heights, Queens, and John took a job at his father-in-law's gallery, eventually becoming manager. Meanwhile, he spent evenings and free time preparing samples and looking for publishers.
[edit] Early comics career
John had done a bit of work for Dell before the war, but his
