Eugene Zimmerman’s cartoons in Judge are characterized by an insight
into the political questions of the hour which is assisted rather
than hindered by the sheer humor of his work. He was born at Basel,
Switzerland, May 25, 1862. While yet a baby his parents came to the
United States and settled at Paterson, New Jersey, where he received
his education in the public schools. After leaving school, he was
in turn a farmer’s boy, an errand boy in a store, a fish peddler,
a baker and a sign painter, but sketched and drew continuously. In
1882 he secured a position in the art rooms of Puck, and after doing
considerable work for that publication left it in order to join Judge.
He has also illustrated books and articles by Bill Nye and James
Whitcomb Riley. As a caricaturist pure and proper he is almost without
a rival in this country.