''Ballard Street'' was an American comic panel created by

Jerry Van Amerongen Jerry Van Amerongen is a cartoonist based in the United States. His work includes the comic panel ''Ballard Street'', which has run since 1991 (discontinued April 30, 2019). Before 1991 he drew a comic panel entitled ''The Neighborhood'' for ten y ...

and distributed by

Creators Syndicate Creators Syndicate (also known as Creators) is an American independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns to daily newspapers, websites, and other digital outlets. When founded in 1987, Creators Syndicate became one of the few suc ...

that ran between 1991 and

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About the comic

The panel featured 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 his

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. 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. The final ''Ballard Street'' ran on March 30, 2019.

Pre-Ballard Street: ''The Neighborhood''

From 1980 to 1990,

’s cartoon panel, ''The Neighborhood'', appeared in 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.

References

External links

daily ''Ballard Street'' comics at Creators SyndicateNCS Awards
Gag cartoon comics 1991 comics debuts 2019 comics endings {{comic-strip-stub