Jim_Berry_(cartoonist)

Jim Berry (cartoonist)

Jim Berry (cartoonist)

American cartoonist (1932–2015)

For other people with the same name, see James Berry (disambiguation).

James Osmyn Berry (January 16, 1932 – March 20, 2015)[2] was an American comic strip artist.

Quick Facts Born, Died ...

Berry was born in Chicago in 1932[3] and attended Dartmouth College and Ohio Wesleyan University.[4]

In 1961, Berry began working for the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

His most notable work may well be the syndicated editorial cartoon Berry's World, distributed six days a week for more than 40 years beginning in 1963. There was also a Sunday comic strip version of the strip, about which he stated "I enjoy working in color on the Sunday pages and having all that space in which to draw".[5]

The National Headliner Award was presented to Berry in 1967.[4] Berry won the National Cartoonists Society award for Best Special Feature in 1970 and 1972.[6][7] He also produced the comic strip Benjy in 1974 and 1975.

He wrote with Denny O'Neil the novel Dragon's Fist. O'Neil adapt later this story in Richard Dragon, Kung Fu Fighter[8]

He retired on January 1, 2003[5] and died on March 20, 2015.[9]

References

  1. [1]
    Miller, John Jackson (June 10, 2005). "Comics Industry Birthdays". Comics Buyer's Guide. Archived from the original on February 18, 2011.
  2. [2]
    "Illinois, Cook County, Birth Certificates, 1871-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVSH-PZL3 : accessed 9 June 2016), James Osmyn Berry, 16 Jan 1932; citing Oak Park, Cook, Illinois, United States, reference/certificate 84, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm .
  3. [3]
    Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
  4. [4]
    "Jim Berry Cartoons An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University". library.syracuse.edu. Retrieved 2022-11-24.
  5. [5]
    Jim Berry
  6. [6]
    NCS Awards http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/others2.asp
  7. [7]
    "NCS Awards". 2006-01-06. Archived from the original on 2006-01-06. Retrieved 2022-11-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  8. [8]
    Jim Berry (cartoonist) at Google Books, Back Issue 105, page 57
  9. [9]
    James O. Berry, 1932-2015

Further reading

  • Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.


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