Brooke McEldowney
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McEldowney at the 2012 New York Comic Con. | |
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Notable works | Pibgorn |
Brooke McEldowney is the creator of the newspaper comic strip 9 Chickweed Lane and the webcomic Pibgorn.
Early life
Born in 1952 in Charleston, West Virginia, McEldowney now lives in Maine. He attended Allegheny College, majoring in Arts. He obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Juilliard School of Music in 1977 and a Master of Arts in 1979, studying the viola.[1] He also studied and performed at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. Following that he has worked as a violist, music critic, and cartoonist. He was assistant editor of Opus, a classical music magazine, and has had cartoons in that publication as well as Yankee and Pulse. His first cartoon sale was to Punch. He has also had music articles and reviews in many magazines. He designs sets, writes, and composes for the theater.
Career
9 Chickweed Lane was syndicated by United Media in 1993. It was given the National Cartoonists Society award for Best Newspaper Strip in 2005.[2] It has been published in several hardcopy collections.
References
- ↑ Journal of the Lincoln Heights Literary Society, Issue 3, Spring 2004. Retrieved 25 March 2013
- ↑ National Cartoonists Society - Division Awards. Retrieved 25 March 2013
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brooke McEldowney. |
- Chickweed Café: McEldowney's "9 Chickweed Lane" blog (accessed 2011-09-18)
- Pib Press publishes the "Pibgorn" books.