A native New Yorker, as a teenager Fogarty worked as a copy boy at the New York World.
[2] After working for the American Press Association, Fogarty went on to be art director for The New York Sun.
[1] Late in life, Fogarty specialized in creating "illuminated scrolls" (in the manner of medieval illuminated manuscripts) which he mailed to public figures he admired, such as John F. Kennedy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John Wayne, Jack Dempsey, Neil Simon, Igor Sikorsky, and the comedy duo Bob and Ray.
For this work he was nicknamed "Holy Pictures" Fogarty and was presented with the National Cartoonists Society Special Features Award in 1973.
[2] He also won the National Cartoonist Society Silver T-Square Extraordinary Service Award in 1971.