George Booth was born in 1926 and started drawing at the age of three with the encouragement of his mother. He worked as a printer’s devil until he was drafted into the U.S. Marine Corps. At the end of World War II, he re-enlisted so that he could work for the Marine Corps magazine Leatherneck, where he got his start in cartooning. He attended the Chicago Academy of Fine Art, the Corcoran School of Art, and the School of Visual Arts, on the G.I. bill. In 1969, he sold his first cartoon to The New Yorker and has contributed to the magazine ever since. In the early 2000, he received the Milton Caniff Award from the National Cartoonists Society and an honorary doctorate of fine arts from Stony Brook University.