Born: 1911 September 17 in Beach, North Dakota, United States

Died: 2000 November 29 in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, United States

Biography: Obituary: Leader-Telegram (Eau Claire, Wisconsin), "City/Region", "Death Notices", "Edmund Muenchow", Friday, December 1, 2000, p. 2B.

Edmund or "Chuck" Muenchow freelanced under the pen name of Moon or Moon Muenchow doing cartoons and illustrations for comic books and national magazines starting in the 1930s.

He served in the Information and Education Division of the U.S. Army from his November 30, 1942 enlistment until his discharge on February 8, 1946. During that time he was stationed at Camp Santa Anita and Camp Stoneman, both in California and at Camp Plauche in New Orleans, Louisiana.

From 1946 until his retirement in 1972, Muenchow worked for the Johnson Printing Company in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. After his retirement, he continued doing freelance illustrations as a greeting card designer and cartooning work.

Notes: The Who's Who misspells his last name as Murchow.

Muenchow lived in Fall Creek, Wisconsin before dying at Luther Hospital in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.


Name:

    Moon Muenchow Type: Pen Name

Other Names:

  1. Moon Type: Pen Name
  2. Chuck Muenchow Type: Common Alternative Name
  3. Edmund Muenchow Type: Common Alternative Name
  4. Edmund D. Muenchow Type: Common Alternative Name
  5. Edmund Daniel Muenchow Type: Name at Birth
    Given name: Edmund Daniel Family name: Muenchow

Schools:

  1. Chicago Academy of Fine Arts 1931 ? to ?


Signatures:

  1. Moon [generic]