Jud Hurd

{{short description|American cartoonist}}

{{Infobox comics creator

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| birth_date = 1913

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| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|09|14|1913||}}

| death_place = Westport, Connecticut

| nationality = American

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| notable works = Health Capsules

| occupation = Cartoonist

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| spouse = {{marriage|Claudia Hurd|1947}}

| collaborators = Dr. Michael Petti

| awards = National Cartoonist Society Special Features Award, 1978

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Jud Hurd (1913 – September 14, 2005)Astor, Dave. "Comic Creator and 'Cartoonist Profiles' Editor Jud Hurd Dies," Editor & Publisher (September 19, 2005). Archived at [https://web.archive.org/web/20070404143652/http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/blog/Sep2005.asp Political Cartoonists Index]. Accessed Nov. 24, 2018. was a syndicated newspaper cartoonist. His work included Ticker Toons and Health Capsules (syndicated by United Feature Syndicate), for which he was awarded the National Cartoonist Society Special Features Award for 1978.

For 36 years he continuously published and edited the quarterly magazine Cartoonist Profiles. Beginning with its premier issue in the winter of 1969 and ending 36 years later with issue 146 in June 2005, three months before his death. He was also active as a political cartoonist.