Arnold Roth

Arnold Roth (born February 25, 1929) is an American cartoonist and illustrator for advertisements, album covers, books, magazines, and newspapers. Novelist John Updike wrote, "All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so." His family was Jewish and lived in a predominantly Black working-class neighborhood. Growing up, Roth and his older brother frequently visited the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. He liked jazz music and learned to play the saxophone. After his first year, he was placed on probation for arriving late to class after nights spent playing in jazz bands; after his second year, he failed his courses and lost his scholarhsip.

Books Roth wrote and illustrated books for children.

From January 7 to March 2, 2013, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art hosted a retrospective exhibit of sixty years of Roth's work.

Collections Novelist John Updike wrote, "All cartoonists are geniuses, but Arnold Roth is especially so." Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz at the College of the Pacific Vol.2 (1953) Dave Brubeck Octet – Old Sounds from San Francisco (1955) Phil Napoleon – Phil Napoleon and His Memphis Five (1955) Woody Herman and His Orchestra – Ridin' Herd (1955) Dutch Swing College Band – Dixieland Goes Dutch (1955) Dave Brubeck Octet – Dave Brubeck Octet (1956) Dave Bruebeck Trio – Dave Brubeck Trio (1956) Art Van Damme – The Art of Van Damme (1956) The Jay and Kai Trombone Octet – Jay & Kai + 6 (1956) Dave Brubeck – Plays and Plays and Plays (1957) Boyd Raeburn and His Orchestra – Fraternity Rush (1957) Dave Brubeck Quartet – Jazz Impressions of the U.S.A. (1957) Cal Tjader – Latin Kick (1958) Frank De Vol and His Orchestra – Portraits (1958) Dave Brubeck Quartet – The Dave Brubeck Quartet in Europe (1958) Dave Brubeck, Paul Desmond, and David Van Kriedt – Reunion (1958) The San Francisco Marching, Walking, and Trotting Band – The Good Old Days (1958) The Famous Castle Jazz Band – The Famous Castle Jazz Band In Stereo (1958) Louis Prima – Breaking it Up! Louis Prima with Keely Smith (1958) Les Strand – Les Strand Plays Duke Ellington (on the Hammond Organ) (1958) The San Francisco Marching, Walking, and Trotting Band – Concert in the Park (1959) The San Francisco Marching, Walking, and Trotting Band – The Spirit of the 20's (1959)

Domenico Savino and His Symphonic Strings – Classical Music for Pop Music Fans (1960) Dave Brubeck Quartet – Near-Myth / Bruebeck-Smith (1962) Pete Seeger – Pete Seeger Sings Little Boxes and Other Broadsides (1963)