Jack Tippit
{{short description|American cartoonist}}
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| death_place = Lubbock, Texas
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| occupation = Cartoonist
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Jack Tippit (October 19, 1923 – October 14, 1994) was an American cartoonist whose work includes the comic strip Amy, which he produced from 1964 through 1991.
Early life
Tippit was born in Texas.{{cite book|title=The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wPHVAAAAMAAJ|year=1983|publisher=Chelsea House Publishers|isbn=978-0-87754-399-2}} He graduated from Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University) in 1947.{{cite web |url=https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp |title=Texas Tech Alumni Association Online Community - Programs Template |website=admin.alumniconnections.com |access-date=6 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110707121658/https://admin.alumniconnections.com/olc/pub/TTAA/cpages/programs/distinguished_alumni.jsp |archive-date=7 July 2011 |url-status=dead}} He also attended Syracuse University, graduating magna cum laude with a BFA in 1949.{{cite web |url=https://www.nationalcartoonists.com/in-memoriam/jack-tippit/ |title=In Memoriam: Jack Tippit |author= |website=National Cartoonists Society |access-date=October 1, 2020}}
Tippit had a long career in the military, serving as a combat pilot in World War II and as a pilot, trainer, and other roles during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts. He retired from the Air Force Reserve in 1974 with the rank of colonel.{{cite book|title=Airman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LNJkJfxRYdYC&pg=RA4-PP4|year=1974|publisher=Air Force Service Information and News Center (AFSINC)|pages=4–}}
Career
Tippit's cartoons appeared in a number of high-profile publications in the 1960s to 1990s, including The New Yorker, Ladies' Home Journal, Look and The Saturday Evening Post. Tippit's most notable work was on Amy, a cartoon strip created by Harry Mace in 1961 which Tippit took over in 1964 and continued until its end in 1991.{{cite book |last1=Holtz |first1=Allan |title=American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide |date=2012 |publisher=The University of Michigan Press |location=Ann Arbor |isbn=9780472117567 |page=54}} He also worked on the strips Henry, Dr. Bill, and Family Flak. He was a co-founder and the first director of the Museum of Cartoon Art (now known as the National Cartoon Museum) in 1974, and served on the National Cartoonists Society Board of Governors.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/10/20/obituaries/jack-d-tippit-cartoonist-70.html |title=Jack D. Tippit; Cartoonist, 70 |work=New York Times |location=New York City |date=October 20, 1994 |page=B16 |access-date=October 1, 2020 }}
Death
Awards
He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for Amy in 1970. He also received the Society's Gag Cartoon Award for 1963 and 1966.
References
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Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. {{ISBN|0-9700077-0-1}}.
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20060106021759/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp NCS Awards]
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Category:American comic strip cartoonists
Category:American comics artists
Category:Texas Tech University alumni
Category:Syracuse University alumni
Category:United States Army Air Forces pilots of World War II
Category:American Korean War pilots
Category:United States Air Force personnel of the Vietnam War
Category:United States Air Force reservists
Category:United States Air Force colonels
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