Henry Gerhardt Schlensker (April 12, 1914 – February 13, 1997) was an American cartoonist active in Orlando, Florida, in the mid to late 20th century. Schlensker was born in Rochester, New York. He was drafted into the Army Air Corps to fight World War II (1939 - 1945) in the East Asian theater. After the war, in 1946, 31-year-old Schlensker, who had created the cartoon character Biff Baker with Ernest Lynn (1941 - 1945), settled in Orlando, where he became Roy Crane's art assistant. Crane and Schlensker collaborated on the military-themed syndicated comic strip 'Buzz Sawyer'. Crane and co-creator Edwin Granberry providing direction and content while Schlensker did the actual drawing. 'Buzz Sawyer' stopped being made in 1983. Schlensker died in Orlando in 1997.



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