Irwin Hasen (/ˈheɪzən/;[1] July 8, 1918 – March 13, 2015) was an American cartoonist best known as the creator (with Gus Edson) of the Dondi comic strip.

In 1939, he began his art training on the block where he lived, as he recalled:[5] Across the street was the National Academy of Design, a huge structure like a garage, an airplane hangar.

[5]After study at National Academy of Design, Hasen went to the Art Students League and then entered the comic book field in 1940 with the Harry "A" Chesler shop, contributing to The Green Hornet, The Fox, Secret Agent Z-2, Bob Preston, Explorer, Cat-Man and The Flash.

During World War II, Hasen was stationed at Fort Dix and managed the Fort Dix Post newspaper: "I edited it, I published it, I took it to the printers, I learned how to set up type, I did the comic strip, I wrote the whole goddam thing, and I interviewed all the celebrities coming in from New York.

In the post-war period, he drew Johnny Thunder, the Justice Society of America, The Flash and Green Lantern.

Before the creation of Dondi in 1954, Hasen drew a comic strip adaptation of The Goldbergs radio/TV series which ran in the New York Post in 1944 and 1945.

[2] Hasen received the National Cartoonists Society's Story Comic Strip Award for Dondi in 1961 and 1962.