Born in Brooklyn, New York, Conselman arrived on the West Coast in 1920 and joined the staff of the Los Angeles Times as the assistant city editor.

His play And Then What, staged by the San Diego Players, opened November 6, 1923 at Balboa Park's Yorick Theater.

The latter was drawn by animation pioneer Dick Huemer, who later spent four decades as a key talent at the Disney Company.

This new strip of the Metropolitan was planned last summer by its originator, Conselman, formerly of the editorial staff of the Los Angeles Times.

[3] Bill Conselman married Wilhelmina Rambo (who was known as Mina), and the couple lived in Eagle Rock, California at 4905 Lockhaven Street.