Vernon Greene

Vernon Greene was a cartoonist known for illustrating various comic strips and comic books.

Greene was born Vernon Van Atta Green on September 12, 1908 in Battle Ground, Clark County, Washington. He later added an "e" to the end of his last name to make it more distinctive. He started his career as a cartoonist doing sports cartoons for the "Portland Telegram" in Portland, Oregon. He later illustrated "The Shadow", from the sppearance of that comic, starting in 1940 as the sole artist for all issues until March 1942. He shared the artist credit with others, usually Jack Bender, for most of the remaining issues of Volume 2, until his last appearance in the issue of May 1943. [Shadow Comics by Street and Smith (1940-1949), The Shadow, http://www.shadowsanctum.net/comic/comic_ss2.html ] Other publications as artist included the "The Masked Lady", "Perry Mason", "Polly and Her Pals". After the death of George McManus in 1954, Greene took over "Bringing up Father".

He was married to Barbara M. Bennett in 1948 and had five children. He lived in New Jersey from 1952 until his death from cancer on June 5,1965.

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