Bruce Beattie is an American

political cartoonist An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curre ...

. His work was nationally syndicated in the United States and also appeared in magazine and books. He drew the syndicated ''Beattie Boulevard'', which was published in several newspapers. He also served as the President of the National Cartoonists Society.Nordling, Lee. ''Your Career in the Comics'', (Kansas City: Andrews and McMeel, 1995), pages 232-33.

Early life

Beattie was born in New York City. He graduated from

Kent School Kent School is a private, co-educational, college preparatory boarding school in Kent, Connecticut, United States. Frederick Herbert Sill established the school in 1906. It is affiliated with the Episcopal Church of the United States. Acade ...

Kent Kent is a county in South East England and one of the home counties. It borders Greater London to the north-west, Surrey to the west and East Sussex to the south-west, and Essex to the north across the estuary of the River Thames; it faces ...

, Connecticut in 1972 and

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest-regarded universitie ...

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Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database
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