Jerry Dumas
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| Birth name | Gerald Dumas |
| Born | 1930 Detroit, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | artist, writer |
| Notable works | Sam and Silo |
| Awards | full list |
Jerry Dumas (1930) is an American comic strip writer and artist, best known for Sam and Silo. Dumas is also a writer and essayist, and a columnist for the Greenwich Time.
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[edit] Biography
Dumas was born in 1930 in Detroit. He started drawing cartoons when only 9 years old. After he got his degree in English from Arizona State University in 1954, where he contributed drawings to the State Press, he worked as a text editor for Mort Walker's comics like Hi and Lois and Beetle Bailey.[1]
Together with Mort Walker, he created Sam's Strip in 1961. It only lasted until 1963, but was resurrected as Sam and Silo in 1977, still with Mort Walker. Dumas continued the comic strip on his own from 1995 on. In 1968, he also cooperated on all aspects of Boner's Ark. Apart from his work with Mort Walker, Dumas also worked on other comic strips like Benchley with Mort Drucker and Rabbits Rafferty and McCall of the Wild with Mel Crawford.
In between his comics work, Dumas made numerous illustrations and cartoons. First selling them to the local Teen magazine, he soon was published in magazines and newspapers like The Washington Post, The New Yorker and The New York Times.[1] As a writer, he contributed essays to the Atlantic Monthly, the Smithsonian, and Connoisseur.[2] He also published one autobiographical novel, An Afternoon in Waterloo Park.
In his spare time, Dumas mostly sports. A talented handball player, Dumas has won numerous titles, including the New England championship in 1971. Dumas lives in Greenwich, Connecticut with his wife Gail and their three sons.[1]
[edit] Awards
- 1985: Adamson Award for his work on Sam's Strip and Sam and Silo[3]
- 2005: Convocation Speaker of the Arizona State University College of Liberal Arts & Sciences[4]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- Dumas biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
- Dumas' columns in the Greenwich Time
- Autobiography at the National Cartoonists Society
