Bill Schorr is an American

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editorial cartoons and comic strips.

Early life

Schorr was born in New York City, and was raised in and grew up in

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, and California.

Career

Schorr has been an editorial cartoonist for the ''

Kansas City Star ''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and as ...

'' (where he got his start in 1973), the '' Los Angeles Herald Examiner'', and the ''

New York Daily News The New York ''Daily News'', officially titled the ''Daily News'', is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, NJ. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in ta ...

''. In addition to his editorial cartoons, Schorr has also created the following

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s: *''

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'' (1982–1986, Tribune Media Services) *''The Grizzwells'' (1987–present, Newspaper Enterprise Association) *''Phoebe's Place'' (1990–1991, Los Angeles Times Syndicate) Schorr retired in March 2009 but came out of retirement by August of the same year.

Comic books

* ''P.J. Warlock'' ( Eclipse Comics, 1986)

Awards

He received the

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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) {{comic-strip-creator-stub