Robert John "Chip" Dunham (b.

La Crosse, Wisconsin La Crosse is a city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of La Crosse County. Positioned alongside the Mississippi River, La Crosse is the largest city on Wisconsin's western border. La Crosse's population as of the 2020 census w ...

) is a

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...

best known as the creator of the comic strip '' Overboard'', which debuted in 1990. The strip - which tells the comical tale of a group of pirates - is distributed through

Universal Press Syndicate Universal Press Syndicate (UPS), a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, was an independent press syndicate. It distributed lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Eb ...

. In 1993, the

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nominated ''Overboard'' for Best Comic Strip. Chip attended Crestwood High School in Dearborn Heights, Michigan, graduating in 1971. In high school, he was known for his writing talent. In 1980, he received a journalism degree from the

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; he lives in

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External links

Chip Dunham Overboard Factsheet

Chip Dunham interview
Living people American comic strip cartoonists People from Beverly Hills, Michigan People from La Crosse, Wisconsin University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Journalism & Mass Communication alumni Year of birth missing (living people) {{comic-strip-creator-stub