Jim Berry (cartoonist) explained

Birth Date:	1932 1, mf=yes^[1]
Birth Place:	Chicago, Illinois
Area:	Artist
Notable Works:	Berry's World
Signature:	JimBerry.png

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 and died on March 20, 2015.^[9]

Further reading

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

External links

• • Michigan State University Libraries: Index to Comic Art Collection
• Syracuse University Special Collections Research Center: An inventory of his cartoons

• Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Miller . John Jackson . John Jackson Miller . Comics Industry Birthdays . . June 10, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110218031356/http://cbgxtra.com/knowledge-base/for-your-reference/comics-industry-birthdays . February 18, 2011 . dead .
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. Comics Buyer's Guide #1650; February 2009; Page 107
4. Web site: Jim Berry Cartoons An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University. 2022-11-24. library.syracuse.edu.
5. http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/BerryJ/ Jim Berry
6. NCS Awards http://www.reuben.org/ncs/archive/divisions/others2.asp
7. Web site: 2006-01-06. NCS Awards. 2022-11-24. 2006-01-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20060106021759/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp. bot: unknown.
8. , Back Issue 105, page 57
9. http://www.reuben.org/2015/03/james-berry-1932-2015/ James O. Berry, 1932-2015