George Trosley (born 1947) is an American cartoonist known for his

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s published in ''

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Biography

Born in 1947 to a working-class family in Woodlyn,

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, Trosley was fascinated by cars and drawing from early childhood. He received formal art training through his

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at the insistence of his fourth grade teacher. Trosley graduated from high school in 1965 and attended the Hussian School of Commercial Art for four years. After graduation, Trosley worked as a professional artist at a number of studios in

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, but found the work unrewarding. In 1973, Trosley set out on his own as a freelance cartoonist, and soon after, he was hired by ''CARtoons'' as a regular contributor. The same year, he married his longtime girlfriend, Susan. They had two children, Andrea, born in 1977 and George III, born in 1989.

Work

Trosley is the creator of Krass & Bernie, a

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which ran continuously in ''CARtoons'' from 1975 until that magazine's last issue in August 1991. Since May 2005, new episodes of Krass & Bernie have been printed in ''

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''. Some issues of ''CARtoons'' contained two or three separate Krass & Bernie stories. Trosley also produced many other features for ''CARtoons'', including a regular "How To Draw Cars" instructional series. A book was published containing many of these "How To Draw Cars" articles, titled ''Trosley's How To Draw Cartoon Cars''. Since its debut issue in 1974, Trosley has produced adult-themed, satirical gag cartoons and comic strips for ''

'' magazine and its sister publications '' Hustler Humor'' and ''

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''. In 2021, Trosley created an

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project called ''Jungle Freaks'' where he collaborated with his son to create 10,000 generative zombie/ape NFTs. The collection sold out on mint and resides on the

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and can be viewed on

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Not long after the mint, broad discussion of Trosley's racist cartoons for ''Hustler'' led to a collapse in the collection's value.Massive NFT collection crashes after creator's racist cartoons unearthed
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References

External links

georgetrosley.com
Trosley's personal website. * * https://opensea.io/collection/jungle-freaks-by-trosley NFT Collection * https://medium.com/@junglefreaksnft/a-vehicle-for-change-41804668ce2f Apology and statement issued by Trosley and his son American cartoonists American comics artists 1947 births Living people People from Delaware County, Pennsylvania Artists from Pennsylvania {{US-cartoonist-stub