'Miss Cairo Jones'.
Bob Oksner drew the newspaper strip 'Miss Cairo Jones' in the 1940s, but when this feature folded in 1947, Sheldon Mayer hired him at DC Comics. There, he moved from adventure strips to teen-oriented strips. When DC took on publishing comics based on TV sitcoms and Hollywood film series, Oksner became one of the main artists in this genre. During the 1950s, he drew 'Dean Martin & Jerry Lewis', 'Bob Hope', 'Dobie Gillis', 'Sgt. Bilko', 'Pat Boone' and a short-lived daily newspaper comic based on the sitcom 'I Love Lucy'. The 'I Love Lucy' comic (1952-1955) was credited to 'Bob Lawrence', a pseudonym for Oksner and scriptwriter Lawrence Nadel. A notable difference between the comic and the TV show was that Ricky and Lucy's son Little Ricky was referred to as 'Ricky Jr.' in the comic. And while Ricky's Hispanic roots were often a punchline on the show, his ethnicity was far less emphasized in Nadel and Oksner's comic. The 'I Love Lucy' comic was also made available in comic book form, published by Eternity Comics in 1990. .At the same time, Oksner produced romance comics, 'Stanley and His Monster' and the newspaper comic 'Soozie'.
Later in his career, Oksner also drew comics based on the TV shows 'Welcome Back Kotter' and 'Elvira'. Other artists who've drawn celebrity comics based on TV horror host Elvira have been Darren Auck, Eduardo Barreto, Mark Beachum, Dan Day, Louis Lachance, Cynthia Martin, Jim Mooney, Gordon Purcell, Tom Simonton and Dan Spiegle
'Supergirl'.
Between 1967 and 1986, Oksner wrote 'Dondi' for artist Irwin Hasen. When juvenile comics came to an end at DC in the 1970s, Oksner turned over to superhero comics. He started out doing 'Supergirl' and some covers for 'Wonder Woman' and 'Superman'. He then took over the 'Shazam' feature from C.C. Beck, where he illustrated stories with 'Captain Marvel' and 'Mary Marvel'. Until his retirement in 1986, Oksner worked on such titles as 'Black Orchid', 'Lois Lane', 'Supergirl' and 'Ambush Bug'.
Bob Oksner was a strong influence on Bill Morrison.
'Soozi'.