# Sam Cobean

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'''Sam Cobean''' (December 28, 1913 – July 2, 1951) was a [cartoonist](/source/cartoonist), especially known for his work in ''[The New Yorker](/source/The_New_Yorker)'' in the 1940s and 1950s.

His book of cartoons, ''[The Naked Eye](/source/The_Naked_Eye_(cartoons))'', has been published around the world.  Likewise, the book published after his death, ''[The Cartoons of Cobean](/source/The_Cartoons_of_Cobean)'' has enjoyed worldwide popularity since its publication in 1952. He was killed driving his Jaguar when he rear-ended another vehicle.  His passenger Cameron Argetsinger, founder of Watkins Glen racing, was injured.<ref>"Cartoonist Killed in Crash Upstate."  New York Times July 3, 1951, page 14.</ref>

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==External links==
*[http://www.samcobean.com/ Sam Cobean's World] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912223323/http://www.samcobean.com/ |date=2017-09-12 }}

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Category:American humorists
Category:American magazine cartoonists
Category:The New Yorker cartoonists
Category:1913 births
Category:1951 deaths
Category:People from Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Category:20th-century American people
Category:Road incident deaths in New York (state)

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