| Art Sansom | |
|---|---|
| Born | Arthur Baldwin Sansom Jr. September 16, 1920 East Cleveland, Ohio |
| Died | July 4, 1991 (aged 70) Cleveland, Ohio |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | The Born Loser |
| Awards | National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award, 1987 and 1991 |
Arthur Baldwin Sansom Jr. (September 16, 1920 – July 4, 1991), better known as Art Sansom, was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip The Born Loser.
He was born in East Cleveland, Ohio. After graduating with an art degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1942, Sansom worked as an engineer/draftsman for General Electric.[1]
In addition, Art Sansom worked on the short-lived Comic Strip Dusty Chaps with his son Chip Sanson from 1982-1983.[2]
Sansom drew the strip Chris Welkin—Planeteer, which was written by Russ Winterbotham[3] and ran from 1952 until 1964. In 1965, he created The Born Loser for the Newspaper Enterprise Association. In the mid-1980s, he was assisted on the strip by his son Chip Sansom, who assumed responsibility for the strip upon his death.