Jim Berry | |
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Born | [1] Chicago, Illinois | January 16, 1932
Died | March 20, 2015 | (aged 83)
Area(s) | Artist |
Notable works | Berry's World |
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James Osmyn Berry (January 16, 1932 – March 20, 2015)[2] was an American comic strip artist.
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]
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