 In the 1940s, his work appeared at Fiction House and Fox.In 1950 Osrin worked as an inker on "It Rhymes with Lust", a newsstand publication that was the first graphic novel.Called a "picture novel" on the cover and published by the comic book and magazine company St. John Publications, it was written by Arnold Drake and Leslie Waller (together using the pseudonym Drake Waller), with black-and-white art by Matt Baker.