The first African-American cartoonist published in nationally Cartoonist published in major American newsstand magazines
Elmer Simms Campbell (January 2, 1906 – January 27, 1971)[1] was an American commercial artist best known as the cartoonist who signed his work, E. Simms Campbell. The first African-American cartoonist published in nationally distributed, slick magazines, he created Esky, the familiar pop-eyed mascot of Esquire.[2]