The following biography is from Jeff Garner, son of the artist, of Santa Barbara, California:
"Arch" was born Lorraine Archibald Garner in Onida, South Dakota, on February 21, 1904 (he never went by Lorraine, but as Archibald, Arch, or Archie to many of his friends.) His family moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1910, and then southward, ending up in Los Angeles. He graduated from Long Beach High School in 1922.
In 1925 he took up drawing with the intention of becoming a commercial (showing 500 of 4261 characters). |
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