Roscoe Bears writer and artist was Robert G. Baldwin, according to Grand Comics Database. Not to be confused with the film and TV actor born in 1904. I dont remember seeing any other comic book credits for him other than Roscoe Bear. Perhaps he worked directly for Fox Features for a newspaper strip (Roscoe Bear or another character. Much later in his career, (1960s and 1970s) he wrote and drew the popular, nationally syndicated, Freddy comic strip.
Here is the start of his biographical eulogy from The Washington Post upon news of his death in September 1977:
Robert G. Baldwin, the creator of the nationally syndicated comic strip, Freddy, died Tuesday at the Washington Hospital Center. He was 64 years old.
Mr. Baldwin, a portrait artist as well as a cartoonist, was born in the District and attended the Corcoran School of Art where he graduated in 1935. He met Helen Limon, his wife, there.
During the depression, Mr. Baldwin traveled around the country on freight trains earning his way by painting portraits and caricatures.
He worked for the Army Map Service during World War II and afterward, he worked in comic book factories in New York, drawing cartoons.
In the early 1950s, Mr. Baldwin worked for the Central Intelligence Agency in the Far East as a director of graphics, a job that required him to visually depict plans for new mechanical devices.
It was while living in the Far East that Mr. Baldwin began working on the Freddy cartoon strip. He once said that "Freddy" was influenced by his children and their experiences, although the characters did not represent them.
Fox must have used Baldwin through one of the New York comic book art studios. Fox bought art from Jason Comic Art, Baily's, and Ferstadt. He probably hired Ellis (Holly) Chambers directly, for a very low rate, after the latter was blackballed from the studios because his drug habit had led to his becoming very unreliable, and often missing deadlines. However, Baldwin drew only about 12-15 one-page gags of Roscoe Bear for Fox, and nothing else. So, I doubt he worked for Fox, directly.
I used coloured print, because the italics feature is not only not working, but produces garbage.
Link to the book: *** Link No Longer Exists: Cosmo Cat #3 ***
