Guy Gilchrist (born January 30, 1957
['']Comics Buyer's Guide
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Connecticut
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) is an American writer, artist, and musician, known for his children's books and comics. With his brother Brad, he produced a newspaper comic strip featuring ''
The Muppets
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'' from 1981 to 1986 and the comic strip ''
Nancy'' from 1995 to 2018 (the last 14 years as solo writer).
[ He is the writer/illustrator of more than 60 children's books.
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Career
Gilchrist started his career in the late 1970s with ''Superkernel Comics'', a monthly comic book published by Weekly Reader Publishing
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in Middletown, Connecticut. In addition to ''The Muppets'' and ''Nancy'', his comics work includes ''Mudpie,''National Cartoonist Society
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Magazine Award for 1998 1999, and was nominated for their Book Illustration Award for 1987 and 1993.
At various times in the 1980s and 1990s, Gilchrist managed the publishing and/or merchandising for such licenses as Pink Panther, Tom & Jerry, Looney Tunes, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Minnie Mouse.
He has designed logos for Minor League baseball teams, including the Portland Sea Dogs
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, Norwich Navigators
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, and New Britain Rock Cats
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, and also designed the J. League
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football team Shimizu S-Pulse
is a professional Japanese football club. Located in Shimizu-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, S-Pulse currently competes in the J2 League (J2). The club was formed in 1991 as a founding member of the J.League (''"Original Ten"''), which began ...
's mascot, Palchan.
References
External links
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NCS Awards
Guy Gilchrist: From The Muppets To Nancy, A Success Story.
Tizziano Thomas Dossena, L'Idea Magazine, 2014
1957 births
American comics artists
American animators
American children's writers
American male songwriters
American country musicians
Living people
People from Connecticut
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