Pete Hoffman

The artist Pete Hoffman was born in Toledo, Ohio on George Washington's birthday. Hoffman considered a career in comics while attending the University of Toledo, where he graduated in 1941. After World War II, Hoffman was an illustrator of the comic series 'Why We Say' (1950-78). He was the creator of the comic strip 'Jeff Cobb', which ran from 1954 to '75, when he became a freelancer. Some of Pete Hoffman's originals are on display in the international museum of cartoon art.