Gerald Bernard Buckley (August 10, 1932 – April 27, 2000) was an American cartoonist who also worked as an art director and a college professor.

About

Gerald Bernard Buckley was born on August 10, 1932 in the

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neighborhood of

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, and attended

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at St. William Parish and

Northeast Catholic High School Northeast Catholic High School opened in 1926 as Northeast Catholic High School for Boys, and was located at 1842 Torresdale Avenue, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was under the administration of the high school system of the Roman Catholic Arch ...

, graduating in 1950. He was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 1996, along with

Bil Keane William Aloysius "Bil" Keane (October 5, 1922 – November 8, 2011) was an American cartoonist most notable for his work on the newspaper comic ''The Family Circus''. It began in 1960 and continues in syndication, drawn by his son Jeff Kea ...

. He attended the

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, during college, worked part-time at the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency in Philadelphia. Buckley taught at the

, the Philadelphia Art Institute, and the

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. Buckley worked at the

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and Mail newspapers of

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. His editorial cartoons appeared in various local newspapers. He received the

National Cartoonist Society The National Cartoonists Society (NCS) is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the ...

Advertising and Illustration Award for 1994 and the Reuben Advertising plaque that very same year which was his third nomination in 9 years.NCS Awards
/ref> Buckley was married Shirley and lived in

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. He died of

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on April 27, 2000, at the age of 67.

References

External links

Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database
1932 births 2000 deaths American cartoonists Artists from Philadelphia University of the Arts (Philadelphia) alumni University of the Arts (Philadelphia) faculty Bucks County, Pennsylvania {{US-cartoonist-stub