Harley Schwadron

Harley Schwadron is an American cartoonist best known for his single-panel business cartoons and the syndicated daily panel *9 to 5*, distributed by Tribune Content Agency. Born in the United States, he has lived and worked in Ann Arbor, Michigan, for much of his career. Schwadron entered the field as a freelance contributor, building a steady presence in major periodicals such as the *Wall Street Journal*, *Barron’s*, *Forbes*, *Harvard Business Review*, *Playboy*, and *Reader’s Digest*. His op-ed cartoons have also appeared in the *Washington Post*, *Christian Science Monitor*, and *Washington Times*, among others. For many years, he was a regular cartoonist for England’s *Punch* magazine. His style is clean and direct, focusing on workplace humor and financial satire, often with a sharp but accessible wit. While not tied to a single signature collaborator, his work has been widely reprinted in trade and general-interest publications. In the comic-book medium, he has been credited as artist, colorist, inker, letterer, and writer on ten issues between 1994 and 2019, most notably for *The American Legion*, *AARP Bulletin*, and *Writer's Yearbook*. Schwadron’s legacy lies in his long-running, quietly influential presence in business and editorial cartooning, where his cartoons have become a familiar fixture for readers of financial and news media. He has received no major industry awards widely recorded in standard comic-book references.