Rehse

• Born 1868-09-02 · Died 1939-12-02

George W. Rehse worked as a cartoonist, the earliest known work was for The Penny Press (Minneapolis, Minnesota) circa 1895 then for the St. Paul Pioneer Press (St. Paul, Minnesota) from about 1895 to about 1897. Rehse then worked for the St. Louis Republic (St. Louis, Missouri) about 1898. He returned to the St. Paul Pioneer Press from about 1899 to about 1908. In 1908, Rehse worked as a cartoon instructor for the St. Paul Institute of Arts and Sciences. In 1908 he worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA), briefly drawing the weekday comic panel, Mr. Skygack from Mars: Mr. Skygack from Mars Weekday (Newspaper Enterprise Association [NEA]) 1908-06-13 - 1908-06-18 [Writer and artist.]. By 1911, Rehse and his wife moved to New York City, New York. He was working on the weekday panel, In the Tall Timber: In the Tall Timber weekday comic panel (Press Publishing [New York World]) 1911-02-06 - 1911-09-07 [Writer and artist.]. By 1914, Rehse worked on the daily panel Everyday Movies (as known in national syndication, as known as Metropolitan Movies in the New York World: Everyday Movies [Metropolitan Movies in the New York World] daily panel (Press Publishing [New York World]) 1915-01-XX - 1920-XX-XX ? [Writer ad artist]. At some point after 1911, Rehse was working for the Metropolitan Edition of the Sunday World (New York City, New York), resigning from the newspaper in late September 1920. By 1922 he was the writer and artist for the Ledger comic strip, Children of Adam: Children of Adam daily (Ledger Syndicate) 1922-02-20 - 1922-11-05 [Writer and artist.]. From 1922 to 1924, Rehse studied art in Europe. From 1924 until his retirement sometime during the 1930s, Rehse was a self-employed cartoonist. Editor & Publisher (The Editor & Publisher, Inc., 1901 series) December 9, 1939 issue posted Rehse obituary, stating he shot himself on December 2nd, due to ill health and sadness over his wife's death. Editor and Publisher also stated Rehse worked for the New York Evening Mail, but dates he worked for them are not currently known.