Albert Magarian graduated East Saint Louis High School and later attended Saint Louis University's School of Fine Arts and Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California, where he met fellow student Florence Lillian See. They were married May 25, 1937 in Los Angeles. The couple moved to Chicago and then East Saint Louis during World War II and worked together as interior artists for several Ziff-Davis Productions magazines. They then branched out into cartoons and comic books. After Florence's death Albert operated the Delux Theater in East Saint Louis and continued to paint and create artwork until his death there in 1991.