Comics: School of Industrial Art’s Cartoonists, 1939–1960

The School of Industrial Art (SIA) was founded in 1936. In 1960 SIA announced the change of its name to the High School of Art and Design. The first SIA yearbook was published in 1942.


CLASS OF 1939

Al Plastino


CLASS OF 1942

William Molno

John Styga 

CLASS OF 1943

John Belfi

Carmine Infantino

CLASS OF 1944

Jack Abel
“No Tyrone Power
or Clark Gable.
But he’s ready,
willing and able.”

Charles Grandenetti

Ezra Jackson

CLASS OF 1945

Rocco Mastroserio

Selma Meyers

Joseph Orlando

Peter Pandolfi

Gaspar Saladino

August Scotto

Frank Loffredo might be Loffredo in Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999


CLASS OF 1946

Seymour Barry

Robert Hirsch

Jacob Katz (no photograph; listed in senior directory)

Seymour Moskowitz (no photograph; listed in senior directory)

Alvaro Scaduto

Alexander Toth

Morris Waldinger

William Weltman (no photograph; listed in senior directory)


CLASS OF 1947

John D’Agostino

Hal Fromm

John Romita

Herbert Tauss

Lester Zakarin

CLASS OF 1948

Sidney Check and here

Joseph P. Gagliardi

Leonard Herman

CLASS OF 1949

Stanley Goldberg and here

Eugene Russo might be Russo in Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999


CLASS OF 1950

Ernest Colon

James Infantino

Tony Tallarico and Angelo Torres contributed art to the 1950 yearbook. They graduated the following year.

CLASS OF 1951

Lionel J. Dillon

Richard Giordano

William J. Kresse

Anthony F. Tallarico

Angelo Torres

CLASS OF 1952

no cartooning course


CLASS OF 1953

Richard Bassford

Pablo Ferro

CLASS OF 1954

Victor Moscoso

CLASS OF 1955

Charles Allen (far left) begins as cartooning instructor

CLASS OF 1956

Ralph Bakshi

CLASS OF 1957

Sheldon Brodsky

CLASS OF 1958

Victor Gorelick

John Verpoorten (no photograph; listed on Camera Shy page) 

CLASS OF 1959

Neal Adams

CLASS OF 1960

last yearbook of the School of Industrial Art


CLASS OF 1961

first yearbook of the High School of Art and Design


CLASS OF 1962

Famous Last Words
Mr. [Charles] Allen: You can come back at 3:15.


CLASS OF 1963

Administration
Famous Last Words
Alvin Hollingsworth: Soon we’ll all be selling frankfurters on Second Ave. 

Harry Blumfield

CLASS OF 1964

Marvin Wolfman (undergraduate) 

CLASS OF 1965

Charles Allen, staff

Alvin Hollingsworth, staff

Bernard Krigstein, staff

Arthur I. Spiegelman

CLASS OF 1966

Staff
Charles Allen, Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernard Krigstein


CLASS OF 1967

Faculty
Charles Allen, Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernard Krigstein


CLASS OF 1968

Faculty
Charles Allen (final year at school), Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernard Krigstein 


CLASS OF 1969

Faculty
Alvin Hollingsworth, Bernard Krigstein 


Class year unknown or did not graduate
Valerie Barclay (classmate with Allen Bellman)
Ernest Bache
Allen Bellman and here (classmate with Valerie Barclay)
Frank Bolle
Solomon Brodsky
Nick Cardy (classmate with Al Plastino)
Bernard Case
Jon D’Agostino
Frank Giacoia (classmate with Belfi, Kane and Infantino; dropped out to work full-time)
Joe Giella (classmate with Gaspar Saladino)
Raymond Gill
Alfonso Greene
Gil Kane (classmate with Belfi, Giacoia and Infantino; dropped out to work full-time)
Rudy Lapick
Peter Morisi
Martin Rosenheck
Joseph Michael Roy
Al Scaduto
Mike Sekowsky
Emilio Squeglio
Chic Stone
Martin Thall
Albert William Tyler aka Alberto Pugluico

John Buscema graduated from the High School of Music and Art. Who’s Who of American Comic Books 1928–1999 said he graduated from SIA.



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(Updated June 26, 2023; next post on Thursday: Happy Thanksgiving, 1907)