Editing Virgil Partch (section)

==Early life and career==
Born <!--on [[Saint Paul Island, Alaska]],--> in Alaska, from a mother with the maiden name Pavlof,<ref name=cdi /> Partch <!--attended high school in [[Tucson, Arizona]] and--> studied at the [[University of Arizona]]<!--. In 1937, Partch enrolled at--> and the [[Chouinard Art Institute]] in Los Angeles<!--, where he attended Rico LeBrun's classes for six months before dropping out-->.<ref name=lam>[http://lambiek.net/artists/v/vip.htm VIP: Virgil Partch] at the [[Lambiek Comiclopedia]], Retrieved on August 27, 2015. [https://web.archive.org/web/20130814115811/http://www.lambiek.net/artists/v/vip.htm Archived] from the original on August 14, 2015.</ref> He later <!--began a four-year stint working--> worked for the [[Walt Disney Pictures|Disney]] studios, where he was among those fired after taking part in the [[Disney animators' strike]] of 1941.<ref name=lam /> Partch was a co-writer with Dick Shaw on the 1945 [[Donald Duck]] short film ''[[Duck Pimples]]''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Disney's "Duck Pimples" {{!}} |url=https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/goose-duck-pimples/ |access-date=2023-05-01 |website=cartoonresearch.com}}</ref> Soon, he began selling [[gag cartoon]]s to large-circulation magazines, including ''[[Collier's]]'', ''[[The New Yorker]]'', ''[[Playboy]]'', and ''[[True (magazine)|True]]''.<ref name=irvine>{{cite web| url = http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7580397m/ |title=Guide to the Virgil Partch Cartoons and Artwork| publisher= Special Collections and Archives, [[University of California, Irvine|The UC Irvine Libraries]]| location= Irvine, California| access-date=August 27, 2015 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140114171000/http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/kt7580397m/ | archive-date= January 14, 2014 | url-status=live}}</ref> After he left Disney, he worked briefly for [[Walter Lantz]] on [[Woody Woodpecker]] cartoons.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1986-06-22 |title=Cartoonist Leaves a Legacy of 'Big George' |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1986-06-22-vw-20831-story.html |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Camera-ready comic art drawing for Big George |url=https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_1400709 |access-date=2022-04-27 |website=National Museum of American History |language=en}}</ref>

Partch was drafted into the US Army in 1944, and by the end of his two-year stint had been transferred from the infantry to become art director and cartoonist of the Army's weekly newspaper, the Fort Ord ''Panorama.''

Out of the Army, Partch [[freelance]]d for [[ERA Productions]]. He published a number of books of single-panel cartoons, some previously published, others done specifically for the books. His 1950 bestseller, ''Bottle Fatigue,'' focused on alcohol-themed humor, sold nearly 95,000 hardcover copies by the decade's end.<ref name=bhob />