Arthur Baldwin Sansom Jr. (September 16, 1920 – July 4, 1991), better known as Art Sansom, was an American comic strip cartoonist who created the long-running comic strip The Born Loser.
After graduating with an art degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1942, Sansom worked as an engineer/draftsman for General Electric.
[1] In addition, Art Sansom worked on the short-lived Comic Strip Dusty Chaps with his son Chip Sanson from 1982-1983.
[2] Sansom drew the strip Chris Welkin—Planeteer, which was written by Russ Winterbotham[3] and ran from 1952 until 1964.
He received the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for best humor comic strip in 1987 and 1991.