Robert Day (cartoonist)

{{short description|American cartoonist}}

{{Infobox comics creator

| name = Robert Day

| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|09|25}}

| birth_place = San Bernardino, California, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1985|02|07|1900|09|25}}

| death_place = Gravette, Arkansas

| area = Cartoonist, Illustrator

| cartoonist = y

| artist = y

| notable works = Fun Fare; a Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor
The New Yorker cartoonist

| awards =

| nationality = American

| subcat = American

| spouse = Ethel Fabian

}}

Robert James Day (September 25, 1900 – February 7, 1985) was an American cartoonist and book illustrator.

Day studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles between 1919 and 1927,The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons Maurice Horn Volume 2 (1999), p. 225: "Robert Day studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles between 1919 and 1927, when he was also employed in the art ... Books: All Out for the Sack Race (1945); We Shook the Family Tree (1946); Fun Fare (1949)..." while also on staff at the Los Angeles Times.

Day was a long-time contributor to The New Yorker, with his work appearing from September 1931 to May 24, 1976, including eight covers.[https://www.nytimes.com/1985/02/12/nyregion/robert-day-84-dead-new-yorker-cartoonist.html "Robert Day, 84, Dead; New Yorker Cartoonist,"] New York Times (FEB. 12, 1985). According to Kirkus Reviews, he specialized in satirizing "[the] so-called athletic pursuits, [and also] the foibles of war and peace."[https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/robert-day-2/all-out-for-the-sack-race/ "Book Reviews: All Out for the Sack Race,"] Kirkus Reviews. Accessed Jan. 21, 2019. His All Out for the Sack Race (Random House, 1945) collected many of his New Yorker cartoons.

Day illustrated Fun Fare; a Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor. The original 1949 edition was published by Reader's Digest in collaboration with Bob Hope.Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1949 Library of Congress. Copyright Office - 1950- Page 406 Fun Fare; a Treasury of Reader's Digest Wit and Humor; selected by the editors of the Reader's digest in collaboration with Bob Hope [and others] With illus. by Robert Day. 316 p. © The Reader's Digest Assn., inc., Pleasantville, N. Y.; lAug49;" The original edition of Fun Fare comprised 300 pages of short comic stories illustrated in color by Day. The book was still one of the best-selling general titles three years later in 1952.The Publishers Weekly - Volume 161 1952- Page 214 "With both Pocket Books and hardcover publishers' sales, these titles are among the leaders of the year: "Diet Does It," "Fun Fare," selected by the editors of Reader's Digest (Simon and Schuster) with a combined sale of 177,685 copies,"