Roy Doty
{{short description|American cartoonist and illustrator}}
Roy Edward Doty (September 10, 1922 – March 18, 2015) was an American cartoonist, artist and illustrator.{{cite book|last=Horn|first=Maurice|title=The world encyclopedia of cartoons - Volume 2|year=1999|publisher=Chelsea House|isbn=0791051854|page=240}} He created humorous cartoon illustrations for books, packaging, advertising, comic strips, television and not-for-profit organization campaigns. He was one of only a dozen inductees into the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame. His former wife, Jean Slaughter Doty (1929–1991), was the author of several children's books.{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Dee|title=Jean Slaugher Doty Fonds (bio)|url=https://www.lib.usm.edu/legacy/degrum/public_html/html/research/findaids/doty.html|work=de Grummond Children's Literature Collection|publisher=University of Southern Mississippi|accessdate=13 May 2013}}
Life and career
Born in Chicago, Doty grew up in Columbus, Ohio, served in World War II as a U.S. Army cartoonist, and began his career in New York City as a freelance cartoonist in 1946.[https://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/d/doty_r.htm#d0e134 Roy Doty Papers] Syracuse University, 9 Oct 2007, Retrieved 9/1/2010 He freelanced for his entire career, never having an agent.{{cite web|title=Roy Doty: Inspired Lines|url=http://cartoons.osu.edu/programming/exhibits/roy-doty-inspired-lines/|work=Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Reading Room Gallery|publisher=Ohio State University|accessdate=13 May 2013|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121114032104/http://cartoons.osu.edu/programming/exhibits/roy-doty-inspired-lines/|archivedate=14 November 2012}} From May 10 to October 4, 1953, he hosted the Sunday morning DuMont Television Network children's program The Roy Doty Show.[https://ctva.biz/_Prod_DuMont.htm CTVA entry] Du Mont Television Network From 1969 to late March 1972, he wrote and drew the syndicated comic strip Laugh-In, based on Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In.
His "Wordless Workshop", a popular home improvement series, ran as a syndicated feature for 50 years, starting in Popular Science (1953-1989) and ending its run in The Family Handyman magazine. His work was seen as part of the "Aha! Puzzle This" page in Make magazine. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Field & Stream, Popular Science, the (London) Daily Mail, Elle and many other magazines. He did several monthly newsletters, including a children's newsletter for the American Institute for Cancer Research. Some of his ad clients included Buick, Black & Decker, Ford, Macy's, Minute Maid, Mobil Oil, Texas Instruments and Perrier.
Into his nineties, he remained active as a freelance illustrator. Quoted in 2006, he said, "What could be nicer? I sit and draw funny pictures and people send me money."{{cite book|editor1=Julia L. Mickenberg|editor2=Philip Nel |others=Foreword by Jack Zipes.|title=Tales for little rebels: a collection of radical children's literature|year=2008|publisher=NYU Press|location=New York|page=88|isbn=9780814757208|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7p3WTCSBZb4C&q=%22roy+doty%22+%22tales+for+little+rebels%22&pg=PA88}} Doty died on March 18, 2015.{{cite web|title=Roy Doty, 1922-2015|url=http://www.reuben.org/2015/03/roy-doty-1922-2015/|accessdate=21 March 2015}}
Publications
Doty wrote 27 children's books and illustrated more than 170, including:
- Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing by Judy Blume (1972)
- Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great by Judy Blume (1972)
- Superfudge by Judy Blume (1980)
Awards
Doty was recognized for his work with the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Illustrator of the Year Award (2006), Advertising Award (1978), Advertising and Illustration Award (1967, 1970, 1978, 1989, 1996 and 2005), Commercial Award (1989) and Greeting Card Award (1994).[http://www.reuben.org/?page_id=389 National Cartoonists Society Awards] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111001043806/http://www.reuben.org/?page_id=389 |date=2011-10-01 }} In 2011, his work was featured in an exhibition at the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum in Columbus, Ohio,{{cite news|url=https://www.ccad.edu/blog/2011/11/roy-doty-now-this-is-what-we-call-a-career-2/ |title=Roy Doty: Now This Is What We Call a Career]|newspaper=IMAGE Magazine (CCAD)|date=November 14, 2011}} where coincidentally, Doty grew up.
References
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External links
{{Portal|Children's literature}}
- {{official website }}[https://web.archive.org/web/20150227151934/http://www.roydoty.com/ Internet Archive]
- [https://lambiek.net/artists/d/doty_roy.htm Roy Doty at lambiek.net]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110623154254/http://www.agingresearch.org/content/article/detail/931 "Roy Doty: Cartooning into a New Century"], Alliance for Aging Research
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Category:20th-century American illustrators
Category:American advertising artists and illustrators
Category:American children's book illustrators
Category:American comics artists
Category:American magazine illustrators
Category:Artists from Columbus, Ohio