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I think our partnership is pretty remarkable. [We] each have the attitude that we will gladly do two-thirds of the work. We’ve lifted each other during the rough times that life brings. We live by the Golden Rule of Improvisation, which means that when one of us has an idea, the other says “Yes, and…”…
In advance of the October release of their 35th book “Adult Time,” the Daily Cartoonist conducted an email interview with “Baby Blues” creators Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott. ** TDC: Your 35th (!) Baby Blues book hits the streets in mid-October. How does a 28-year-old comic have 35 books? JS: This is actually our 45th…
Zits co-creator Jerry Scott has posted a peak at his studio. Always interesting to see. Click through the photo below to see all his photos and commentary. Jim Borgman, the other co-creator, posted his studio in Colorado back in May.
You may not know that Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott also does oil painting. He has an exhibit of his work at the 1821 Gallery & Studios in Fresno, CA. The exhibit runs through May 31. From the Fresno Bee: “I’ve spent the last 25 years being the guy behind the scenes,” Scott…
Michael Cavna interviews Baby Blues and Zits co-creator Jerry Scott about his work on the two comics. Jerry and Rick Kirkman are nominees in this year’s Eisner Award in the category of Best Humor Publication for their collection BBXX: Baby Blues Decades 1 & 2.
Dennis Lambert, of Arizona local NPR station KJZZ, interviews Rick Kirkman and Jerry Scott on their strip Baby Blues, the decline of the newspaper industry and the future of comics. Audio interview is found here.
Deep Shadows by Jerry Scott The Tribune News asked Rubes cartoonist Leigh Rubin to interview Zits and Baby Blues writer Jerry Scott about his fine art exhibit coming up at The Frame Works Gallery in San Luis Obispo, CA. Q. In addition to the cartooning, you?re also a fine artist. How did that come about,…
From Stephan’s blog in which he reveals a failed attempted to knock off Jerry Scott to open more slots on the comic page.: Jerry writes the comic strips Zits (1,600 papers) and Baby Blues (900 papers). And newspaper slots are hard to come by these days. So I devised a plan. It began with a…
Lightening doesn’t often strike twice in the comics world. Jerry Scott is the co-creator of two of the most widely syndicated comic strips on the market right now – Baby Blues and Zits. Jerry’s cut his teeth in syndication back in 1983 when he took over Ernie Bushmiller’s Nancy comic strip which he did for for 12 years eventually handing it over to Guy Gilchirst in 1995.
Tom Racine has posted this week’s Tall Tale Radio podcast with special guest Jerry Scott. Jerry collaborates with Jim Borgman on the strip Zits and with Rick Kirkman on Baby Blues. Tom writes: Fresh off his National Cartoonist Society win for “Best Newspaper Strip 2010,” Jerry Scott of “Zits” (and “Baby Blues”) joins me to…
San Louis Obispo’s newspaper, The Tribune, has a lengthy article on Jerry Scott – one of only three cartoonists to have two comic features in 1000+ papers at the same time. The article explains how Jerry met up with Rick Kirkman to create Baby Blues (Jerry is the writer) and how he hooked up with…
There’s a new face in the GoComics family—five new faces, in fact! Last week, we welcomed fan-favorite Baby Blues to the site, who brought with it all growing pains of the MacPherson family—Darryl, Wanda, Zoe, Hammie, and Wren. The GoComics Blog put up an interview with Baby Blues creators Jerry Scott and Rick Kirkman. How…
Famed illustrator Jerry Pinkney has passed away. Jerry Pinkney December 22, 1939 – October 21, 2021 From NPR: The celebrated illustrator Jerry Pinkney has died. According to his long-time agent Sheldon Fogelman, Pinkney suffered a heart attack today; he was 81. Pinkney was a legend in the world of children’s publishing. He won…
The School of Visual Arts hails one of its own: Author and cartoonist Jerry Craft (BFA 1984 Media Arts) made history twice last year. His best-selling book New Kid—the story of Jordan Banks, an artistic African American 12-year-old newly enrolled at a predominantly white private school—became the first graphic novel to win the American Library…
Jerry Craft’s middle-grade graphic novel New Kid broke new ground in more ways than one: it was the first graphic novel to win the Newbery Medal(it also won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and Kirkus Prize for Young Readers’ Literature), and it’s the first mainstream middle-grade graphic novel to frankly depict the everyday racism…