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Mort Leav was born in New York City in 1916. He joined the
Eisner-Iger shop in 1941 where for $30 per week he drew various titles like "
Doll Man" and "
Uncle Sam" for
Quality and "
The Hangman" for
MLJ. In 1942 he designed his most famous character, "
The Heap", and began working for
Busy Arnold's Quality Group on "
Blackhawk", and "
Kid Eternity". After a stint in the army, Mort Leav did several "
Captain America's" for
Timely before he became Art Director and chief artist at
Orbit Publications in 1946 where he would draw almost all the cover and lead stories for various books, most notably "
Wanted".
When the comics market crashed in 1953, Leav went to work as a freelance commercial artist. He later joined the
Benton & Bowles ad agency, becoming an Art Director and drew some of the first television storyboards... among them the famous "
Don't squeeze the Charmin" campaign for
Proctor & Gamble featuring "
Mr. Whipple".
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