Raeburn Van Buren original comic art

The young Raeburn Van Buren showed an early talent for drawing. Born in Pueblo, Colorado, he grew up in Kansas City, Missouri, and joined the art staff of the Kansas City Star immediately after graduation. After four years as a sketch artist and learning the cartooning profession from Harry Wood, Van Buren moved to New York to study and to do freelance illustrations for Puck, Life and The Saturday Evening Post. During World War I, he served in the old Seventh Regiment (107th Infantry) of the 27th "New York Empire" Division, and was art editor of the Division's magazine, Gas Attack.