doi:10.7916/d8-94c4-gk39Oral history interview with Chester Commodore, 1972Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004oral historiesmixed materialCartoonistsAfrican American pressAfrican American cartoonistsComic books, strips, etc.--United StatesChicago (Ill.)Commodore, Chester, 1914-2004Chicago defenderCommodore discusses his early life, including his move to Chicago and his early relationship to drawing. He describes the jobs he held before becoming a cartoonist, including a job as an electromechanic for the Pullman Car Company. Other topics of discussion include: influential cartoonists; Commodore's work on the Chicago Defender’s Bungleton Green comic strip; how his drawing hobby became a career; and his Pulitzer Prize nominations.