Lou Skuce worked as an editorial cartoonist at several newspapers and was art editor of the Toronto Sunday World for 14 years. He contributed gag cartoons and illustrations to many publications over his career, from The Goblin to Maclean's magazine. He also created a strip, 'Cash and Carrie,' for the Bell Syndicate in 1927 and a short-lived strip, 'Mary Ann Gay,' for United Press Features in 1928.