Cartoonist, film producer, director, and writer. He was a well-established and respected illustrator at Daredevil Comics when he married Joan Howard (daughter of Moe Howard of the Three Stooges) in 1947. He soon got the idea to use his father-in-law and his two comedy partners as the subjects of a new comic book serial. Maurer's childhood friend Joe Kubert, who was also in the comic book business, worked with him in this endeavor. After receiving permission from his father-in-law, Maurer began to write, edit, and illustrate Three Stooges comic books for Jubilee Publications, with the stories and titles taken from their two-reelers. However, Jubilee cut back on its publication schedule, and only two of these comic books were ever published. Four years passed before Maurer would go back to this idea. In 1952 and 1953, seven Three Stooges comic books came out. The second and third issues were done entirely in 3-D, and were the very first 3-D comics to be published. Maurer himself was instrumental in the development and invention of the 3-D process, in both still drawings and motion pictures. Later on Maurer became the Three Stooges' manager, and wrote, produced, and directed the feature-length films and live-action cartoons they made in the Sixties, among them 'The Three Stooges In Orbit' (1962), 'The Three Stooges Meet Hercules' (1962), 'The Outlaws Is Coming!' (1965), 'Kook's Tour' (1970), and 'The Three Stooges Scrapbook' (1963). Other film projects he was involved with during these years included 'Space Master X-7' (1958), 'The Angry Red Planet' (1960), 'Who's Minding the Mint?' (1967), and 'The Mad Room' (1969). He also continued to illustrate and write comic books, this time working for the Gold Key company. The comic strip he created for Gold Key was called "The Little Stooges," featuring the sons of the originals. In 1975 he went to work for Hanna-Barbera as a writer and story editor, and later began working for CBS as a cartoon consultant. Some of the shows he was involved with producing, directing, writing, and drawing for during this time were 'Dynomutt, Dog Wonder' (1978), 'The Scooby-Doo/Dynomutt Hour' (1976-77), and 'The New Scooby-Doo Movies' (1972-73). With his wife Joan, he had two children, Michael and Jeffrey. He passed away at the age of sixty, and to honor his memory his family and friends established a scholarship fund in his name at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in Dover, New Jersey.