Bruce Russell (cartoonist)

Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial cartoonist and comics artist.

After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the Cub Californian,[1] he was hire for the Los Angeles Times as a sports cartoonist in 1927.

He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, Rollo Rollingstone (for AP Newsfeatures) during the early 1930s.

In 1934 he became the lead cartoonist for the Times, a position he held until his death of a heart attack.

His winning cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions.