Pete Hoffman

Pete Hoffman (February 22, 1919 – September 7, 2013) was an American cartoonist. He is known for his work on the adventure strips Steve Roper (later Steve Roper and Mike Nomad) and Jeff Cobb.

Biography Early life Born in Toledo, Ohio, the youngest of four children of Rose and Abraham Hoffman, Hoffman showed artistic talent early, publishing an Old West-themed drawing in the Toledo Times when just a kindergartner at Warren School. He attended the University of Toledo, where he earned a bachelor's degree in advertising and marketing while cartooning for the student newspaper and serving as art editor of the yearbook. Liking his work, Saunders hired him as a new ghost for Woggon because Publishers Syndicate had complained that the artwork still looked too cartoonish for an adventure strip. The parting was amicable, and Saunders and Woggon sponsored him when he joined the National Cartoonists Society in 1955. Hoffman said in said, "Hopefully, some of Allen Saunders' expertise rubbed off on me when I worked on Steve Roper."

Personal life Hoffman never married, regarding himself as "married to the drawing board". He died of a heart attack, aged 94.