From Wikipedia.
Born in the Bronx on August 7, 1933, Gross was the son of Max and Sophie, who were Jewish immigrants to America.
His mother was born in Iași, Romania and his father was born in Lithuania. His parents came to the United States as children around 1905.
Gross' ability to draw came from his mother's artistic side of the family. His father was a CPA, which is why Gross is so well-organized.
Gross attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which at the time was an all-boys school. After he graduated, Gross went to City College.
Sam Gross began cartooning in 1962 and has continued ever since.
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He was cartoon editor for National Lampoon and Parents Magazine.
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Every Wednesday Gross would sit down to draw and, what he calls, "trip". He claimed that he did not draw for magazines or newspapers, he just drew.
Gross attended DeWitt Clinton High School, which at the time was an all-boys school. After he graduated, Gross went to City College.
He started as a business major, then he wanted to be an accounting major, and finally an advertising major. Gross ended up taking a lot of art and history courses.
Sam Gross began cartooning in 1962 and has continued ever since.
His cartoons have appeared in numerous magazines, including Cosmopolitan, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Harvard Business Review and The New Yorker.
Gross also became involved in electronic publishing ventures with cartoons playing an important role.
Gross averaged 16–17 drawings a week, and numbered and dated every one.
Once finished, he photocopied the drawings on forty-four-pound stock paper, then punched three holes and put them into loose-leaf books;
In 2012, Sam Gross had a total of about 27,592 cartoons.
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