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Jerry Iger

Jerry Iger, American cartoonist, co-founded Eisner & Iger (died 1990)

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Born
August 22, 1903
Died
September 5, 1990
Zodiac sign
Leo
Birth year
1903

About Jerry Iger

Samuel Maxwell "Jerry" Iger was an American cartoonist and art-studio entrepreneur. With business partner Will Eisner, he co-founded Eisner & Iger, a comic book packager that produced comics on demand for new publishers during the late-1930s and 1940s period known to fans and historians as the Golden Age of Comic Books. In 1925, Iger, by then living in New York, and despite no formal art training, became a news cartoonist for the New York American. Iger became founding editor of another such early comic book, Wow, What a Magazine!, which also included some new material. In 1945, he took on comics artist/editor Ruth Roche as a partner in the studio, with some sources claiming it then became known as the Roche-Iger Studio.

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Jerry Iger timeline

  1. In 1925, Iger, by then living in New York, and despite no formal art training, became a news cartoonist for the New York American.
  2. In 1945, he took on comics artist/editor Ruth Roche as a partner in the studio, with some sources claiming it then became known as the Roche-Iger Studio.

The world when Jerry Iger was born

Jerry Iger was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Jerry Iger's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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