Bill Schorr is an American
cartoonist of
syndicated editorial cartoons and comic strips.
Early life
Schorr was born in
New York City
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, and was raised in and grew up in
Albuquerque, New Mexico, and
California
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.
Career
Schorr has been an editorial cartoonist for the ''
Kansas City Star'' (where he got his start in 1973), the ''
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
The ''Los Angeles Herald Examiner'' was a major Los Angeles daily newspaper, published in the afternoon from Monday to Friday and in the morning on Saturdays and Sundays. It was part of the Hearst syndicate. It was formed when the afternoon ' ...
'', and the ''
New York Daily News''.
[ In addition to his editorial cartoons, Schorr has also created the following comic strips:
*'' Conrad'' (1982–1986, ]Tribune Media Services
Tribune Content Agency (TCA) is a syndication company owned by Tribune Publishing. TCA had previously been known as the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate (CTNYNS), Tribune Company Syndicate, and Tribune Media S ...
)
*''The Grizzwells'' (1987–present, Newspaper Enterprise Association
The Newspaper Enterprise Association (NEA) is an editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States and established in 1902. The oldest syndicate still in operation, the NEA was originally a secondary news ...
)
*''Phoebe's Place'' (1990–1991, Los Angeles Times Syndicate
The ''Los Angeles Times'' Syndicate was a print syndication service that operated from 1949 to 2000. Owned by the Times Mirror Company, it also operated the ''Los Angeles Times'' Syndicate International; together the two divisions sold more than ...
)
Schorr retired in March 2009 but came out of retirement by August of the same year.
Comic books
* ''P.J. Warlock'' (Eclipse Comics
Eclipse Comics was an American comic book publisher, one of several independent publishers during the 1980s and early 1990s. In 1978, it published the first graphic novel intended for the newly created comic book specialty store market. It was ...
, 1986)
Awards
He received the National Cartoonists Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1993 and nominations for the same award for 1997 and 1998.
References
External links
Daryl Cagle: Bill Schorr
American editorial cartoonists
American comic strip cartoonists
American comics writers
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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