Editing Dave Berg (cartoonist) (section)

==Early life==

Berg showed early artistic talents, attending [[Pratt Institute]] when he was 12 years old, and later studying at [[Cooper Union]]. He served a period of time in the [[United States Army Air Forces|Army Air Forces]]. In 1940, he joined [[Will Eisner]]'s studio, where he wrote and drew for the [[Quality Comics]] line. Berg's work also appeared in [[Dell Comics]] and [[Fawcett Publications]], typically on humorous back-up features. Beginning in the mid-1940s, he worked for several years with [[Stan Lee]] on comic books at [[Timely Comics]] (now known as [[Marvel Comics]]), ranging from ''[[Combat Kelly]]'' and ''The [[Ringo Kid]]'' to ''Tessie the Typist''. He also freelanced for a half-dozen other companies, including [[EC Comics]]. Berg retains notoriety as a contributing “[[good girl art]]ist” during the 50s and 60s for such publications as editor Abe Goodman's ''[[Humorama]],'' rendering attractive women using pinup stylings generally in the form of one-panel humorous gags. Berg's body of contributions during this period rank him alongside recognized contemporaries such as [[Bill Ward (cartoonist)|Bill Ward]] and [[Bill Wenzel]]. Beginning in 1983, he worked for a Jewish children's magazine, ''The Moshiach Times''.<ref name=reuters>[http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00759.html Whitcomb, Dan. "Mad Magazine Cartoonist Dave Berg, 81, Dies in L.A.", Reuters. May 24, 2002.] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120716192110/http://slick.org/deathwatch/mailarchive/msg00759.html |date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>[http://www.povonline.com/2002/News051602.htm Evanier, Mark. News from ME, May 17, 2002] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120303014220/http://www.povonline.com/2002/News051602.htm |date=March 3, 2012 }}</ref>