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Gardner Rea (1894—December 29, 1966) was an American cartoonist, and one of the original contributing artists to ''The New Yorker''. Of Rea, one commentator has written: “He was bawdy without being obscene, absurd without being obscure. His captioned and uncaptioned gags were pithy and true.” A native of Ironton, Ohio, Rea was born into an artistic family and planned to become a painter. When he was fifteen years old, he sold a gag cartoon to ''Life'' magazine.〔 He attended East High School in Columbus, Ohio and Ohio State University, where he met and befriended James Thurber.〔 Rea played tennis in college and was the editor of the humor magazine, the ''Sundial'',〔 which he had helped to found.〔Judith Yaross Lee, ''Defining New Yorker humor: Studies in popular culture'' (Univ. Press of Mississippi, 2000), 377n.〕 From 1914, he worked as a freelance writer and artist in Manhattan, and contributed to ''Life'' and ''Judge'' magazines.〔 During World War I, he served in the Chemical Warfare Service.〔 He began contributing not only drawings and covers but also gags to ''The New Yorker'' after it was founded in 1925.〔 Artists such as Charles Addams and Helen Hokinson drew cartoons based on gags written by Rea.〔 == References == 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Gardner Rea」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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