- Brant Parker
Infobox Comics creator
name = Brant Parker
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birthname = Brant Parker
birthdate =August 26 1920
location =Los Angeles, California ,United States
deathdate = death date and age|2007|4|15|1920|8|26
deathplace =Lynchburg, Virginia ,United States
nationality = American
area =Cartoonist
alias =
notable works = "The Wizard of Id "
"Crock"
awards =National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award (1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983)Reuben Award (1984)
Elzie Segar Award (1986)Brant Parker (
August 26 1920 –April 15 2007 ) was an Americancartoonist . He co-created and drew "The Wizard of Id "comic strip until passing the job on to his son, Jeff Parker, in 1997. CartoonistJohnny Hart , his co-creator, continued writing the strip until his own death onApril 7 ,2007 .Parker studied at the
Otis Art Institute inLos Angeles, California . He worked for theWalt Disney Studio before and afterWorld War II , taking time off to serve in theUnited States Navy . After leaving Disney for good in 1945, he moved toNew York to work as a political cartoonist for the "Binghamton Press". It was in New York that he met Johnny Hart in 1950; Parker was judging an art contest in which 18-year-old Hart was an entrant. The meeting was the beginning of a friendship that led to the two collaborating on the "Wizard of Id" comic strip in 1964. [ [http://www.creators.com/comics/wizard-of-id-about.html"About Johnny Hart and Brant Parker".] Creators.com website. Last accessed2007-04-09 .] Parker later collaborated with cartoonists Bill Rechin and Don Wilder on the strips "Out of Bounds", "Crock", and "Goosemeyer". Parker eventually left these other strips to devote more time to "The Wizard of Id".Parker received the
National Cartoonist Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, and 1983. He also received theirReuben Award for his work on the strip in 1984, and their Elzie Segar Award in 1986.Notes
External links
* [http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp NCS Awards]
* [http://lambiek.net/artists/p/parker_brant.htm Brant Parker at Lambiek's Comiclopedia]
* [http://www.mediainfo.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003572154 Obituary from "Editor & Publisher"]
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