Dr. Seuss authored political cartoons during WW2 so this is perhaps less out of character than one might think at first glance. Dr. Seuss is a pen name. His r

Dr. Seuss authored political cartoons during WW2 so this is perhaps less out of character than one might think at first glance. Dr. Seuss is a pen name. His real last name is Geisel. My recollection is he needed a pen name either to break some rule or because he had broken some rule in college. He lived in San Diego County for at least part of his life. It is an area with an unusual biome. Some of trees have pink bark and/or other unusual features. If you've spent time there, his drawings look less whimsical and creative and more like he just drew the world around him and his world didn't look the world I grew up in in Columbus, Georgia. The Geisel Library at the university there is named after him. On the grounds is statuary showing The Cat in the Hat as part of a tribute him. He wrote for children but never had children of his own. He had an affair while his first wife was battling cancer. His first wife ultimately killed herself and he married the other woman. It's perhaps a little late for the world to be reading children's books and wondering how to stop the current mess, though the works of Dr. Seuss are typically a good read and he lived an interesting life from what I gather.