There he made a series of adult army training films. With the aim to extend his contributions to the war efforts, Geisel got enrolled in US army as commander of the Animation Department. He drew more than 400 cartoons for New York’s daily newspaper, PM. Seuss made his first publication as cartoonist on 16th July 1927 in The Saturday Evening Post.ĭuring the World War II era, Geisel turned his focus towards political cartoons. His advertisement for a common insecticide company called Flit, won him national recognition. He started submitting humorous articles to these magazines. He entered Lincoln College to earn a Doctorate degree in English Literature, a task he never accomplished.Īfter his return to United States, Geisel became associated with different magazines which include The Judge, Liberty and Vanity Fair. Upon his passing out from Dartmouth College, Geisel went on to Oxford for fulfilling his father’s dream, who wanted him to become a college professor. This however did not stop Geisel from making contributions to the magazine, in order to continue his publications he started signing his work using “Seuss” as his pen name. His tenure as editor was short lived though because he was forced to resign from all extracurricular activities on being caught throwing a drinking party in his dorm.
Later he was raised to the rank of editor in chief of the magazine. There he became member of college’s humor magazine “Jack-O-Lantern”. In 1925 Geisel left Springfield to attend his college education from Dartmouth College.
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