E. Simms Campbell: The “Jackie Robinson” of Commercial Art and Cartooning
In the mid-1930s, E. Simms Campbell’s “Harlem Sketches” was a regular feature in the Amsterdam News. He was soon hired by the men’s magazine Esquire, where his racial identity was largely kept a secret from the publication’s predominantly white audience. Campbell is famous for creating the magazine’s “Esky” logo, and for his “good…