Leon Barritt (1852–1938) was an American illustrator, cartoonist, journalist, and amateur astronomer. He produced a famous cartoon satirizing Joseph Pulitzer and

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, co-invented with

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the Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder, a popular star chart sold into the 1950s, and, after losing his artistic ability to paralysis, founded ''The Monthly Evening Sky Map'' magazine. Born in

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, he began as a news agent in his home town before moving to Boston to work as an engraver. After a year in Minnesota, he returned to New York in 1884, where he became cartoonist for the ''

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PulitzerHearstWarYellowKids.jpg, Pulitzer and Hearst depicted as struggling over coverage of the US-Spanish War The Commercial Vampire - Leon Barritt.jpg, "The Commercial Vampire" (1898), a commentary on the greed of large department stores Barritt-Serviss Star and Planet Finder.png, The Barritt–Serviss Star and Planet Finder

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1852 births 1938 deaths People from Saugerties, New York American cartoonists Amateur astronomers {{US-illustrator-stub