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{{short description|Cartoonist and comic book artist}}
'''Hal Sherman''' (born '''Harold Sicherman'''; March 31, 1911<ref name="CBM">Murray, Will. "The Wonder Woman Who Was Lost!: The Hal Sherman Story", ''Comic Book Marketplace'', May 2000, p. 44-53</ref> – January 25, 2009<ref>Social Security Death Index</ref>) was a gag cartoonist and a [[Platinum Age]] and [[Golden Age of Comic Books|Golden Age]] comic book artist. He is best remembered for his work on the [[Star-Spangled Kid]], which he co-created with [[Jerry Siegel]], who had previously co-created [[Superman]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Wallace|first= Daniel|editor-last = Dolan|editor-first = Hannah|chapter= 1940s|title = DC Comics Year By Year A Visual Chronicle|publisher=[[Dorling Kindersley]]|year=2010|location= London, United Kingdom|isbn= 978-0-7566-6742-9|page= 37|quote = Star Spangled Kid had previously appeared in ''Action Comics'' #40, but this story by writer Jerry Siegel and artist Hal Sherman introduced his adult sidekick, Stripesy.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/s/sherman_hal.htm|title=Hal Sherman|website=lambiek.net}}</ref>

==Gag cartooning==
Sherman drew gag cartoons for magazines, including ''[[College Laughs]]''. During the 1950s, he created cartoons for cocktail napkins published by Monogram of California. His napkin sets include ''Double Feature'', which were two-panel cartoons, one on the outside of the napkin, one that appeared when it was unfolded (1955);<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-boxed-hal-sherman-risque-249992668|title=Vintage Boxed Hal Sherman Risque Cartoon Cocktail Napkins - Party Novelty - #249992668|website=Worthpoint}}</ref> ''Little Friar'', gags about a friar (1956); and ''Nudeniks'', cartoons about nudists (1958).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/vintage-1958-hal-sherman-nudeniks-293988536|title=Vintage 1958 Hal Sherman Nudeniks Cocktail Bar Napkins, Set of 23 - #293988536|website=Worthpoint}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bDQhAQAAIAAJ&q=hal+sherman+napkins&pg=PA216|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series|date=November 10, 1963|publisher=|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZB0hAQAAIAAJ&q=hal+sherman+napkins&pg=PA587|title=Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1958: January-June|first=Library of Congress Copyright|last=Office|date=November 10, 2018|publisher=Copyright Office, Library of Congress|via=Google Books}}</ref>

During the 1960s, he expanded the Little Friar and the Nudeniks material each into their own full paperback of cartoons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mikelynchcartoons.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-little-friar-by-hal-sherman.html|title=THE LITTLE FRIAR by Hal Sherman|first=Mike|last=Lynch|date=March 31, 2014|publisher=}}</ref> He also drew ''Alley Whoops!'' (1962), a book of bowling cartoons, ''Pennant Laffs'' (1963), a book of punch-out humorous pennants, and ''Fishing for Laughs'' (1964), a volume of fishing cartoons.

==Awards==
* [[Inkpot Award]], 2002<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|title= Inkpot Award|date= n.d.|publisher= [[San Diego Comic-Con]]|archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20170129155249/http://www.comic-con.org/awards/inkpot|archivedate= January 29, 2017|url-status= live|df= mdy-all}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Sherman and Ann, his wife of over 60 years, are buried together in [[Mount Hebron Cemetery (New York City)|Mount Hebron Cemetery]] in [[Flushing, New York]].

==References==
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[[Category:1911 births]]
[[Category:2009 deaths]]
[[Category:American cartoonists]]
[[Category:Golden Age comics creators]]
[[Category:Inkpot Award winners]]
[[Category:Jewish American artists]]

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