John Marshall (cartoonist)

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John Marshall, an American cartoonist, began assisting Denis Lebrun on the Blondie comic strip in December 2002 and became head artist in May 2005, although this position remained uncredited until Sunday January 7, 2007. He is currently assisted by Frank Cummings. He began his cartooning career at the age of 14. At the urging of his grandmother, he sent some cartoons to PARADE, where, to his surprise, he sold one. A few years later, he sold one to The Saturday Evening Post. After graduating with honors from Ringling School of Art and Design in Sarasota, Florida, in 1976, John worked at a Binghamton, New York, advertising agency as an art director before becoming a freelance illustrator and cartoonist. In 1982 he created the syndicated comic strip, Buford. He has also illustrated two books on golf; one for Golf Digest.

John was artist for Walnut Cove, a comic strip distributed by King Features Syndicate from 1994-2000. Between 1989 and 2003 his editorial cartoons regularly appeared in the Binghamton, New York Press & Sun-Bulletin. He received an Honorable Mention in the New York State Associated Press Association Writing Contest in 1996. Many of his editorial cartoons have also appeared yearly in Charles Brooks' Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year from 1994-2002. His cartoons have been reprinted in a variety of venues, including the recently released book Chicken Soup for the NASCAR Soul. From February 2001 until January 2003, John's six day a week comic panel, The U.S. of Play appeared on United Features Syndicate's website, comics.com. A member of the National Cartoonists Society, John works out of his basement studio in Binghamton, New York.