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Which magazines employed Dr. Seuss as an illustrator and humorist?

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Early in his career, Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) worked as an illustrator and humorist for several magazines, including Life and Vanity Fair.1

Additionally, during the early 1940s, he served as an editorial cartoonist for PM magazine in New York City, where his work focused on political commentary regarding World War II.1