- Ballard Street
"Ballard Street" is a comic panel created by
Jerry Van Amerongen and distributed byCreators Syndicate that has run since 1991.About the Comic
The panel features numerous characters; some recurring faces are Dottie and Will Farrington, the neighborhood skipping aficionados, Millie, who earnestly lectures the naughty person inside herself, and Scooter, the
dog who loves to take baths, but only with hisscuba gear.In April 2004, Jerry’s Giclee Prints and some original pieces were presented during a one-man show at the Every Picture Tells A Story Gallery in Santa Monica, CA. In May 2006 Ballard Street was awarded the Best Newspaper Cartoon Panel Of The Year Award by the National Cartoonist Society. Ballard Street was awarded the same honor in 2004.
Pre-Ballard Street: The Neighborhood
From 1980 to 1990,
Jerry Van Amerongen ’s cartoon panel, The Neighborhood graced the comic pages of newspapers across the country. Van Amerongen discontinued The Neighborhood and began Ballard Street in 1991. It ran in strip form for nearly two years before returning to the single panel format.External links
* [http://www.creators.com/comics/ballard-street.html daily Ballard Street comics at Creators Syndicate]
* [http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards2.asp NCS Awards]
* [http://www.ballardstreet.com Official Site]
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