Gilbert Bundy

Gilbert Bundy (1911 – November 21, 1955) was an American cartoonist and illustrator, particularly for Esquire, Life, Judge, and The Saturday Evening Post magazines.

[3] According to Martin Plimmer, "Bundy's work was painstakingly researched, the result of numerous life studies, the final version being drawn from memory to add spontaneity.

[4] Once night fell, he swam away through shark-infested waters, and as Hearst newspapers reported, "He was believed dead for three days.

"[4] Bundy was sent home to the US to recuperate, and returned to painting illustrations for "light-hearted romantic stories" for The Saturday Evening Post and other magazines, but he "remained haunted by his wartime experience.

"[4] On November 21, 1955, on the anniversary of his Tarawa trauma, he killed himself in his apartment in New York City's Hotel Le Marquis; "his body was found hanging by several neckties from a door hinge", and police determined it was a suicide.