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Jerry Buckley (cartoonist)

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Gerald Bernard Buckley (August 10, 1932 – April 27, 2000) was an American cartoonist who also worked as an art director and a college professor.

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Gerald Bernard Buckley was born on August 10, 1932 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Kensington, and attended parochial school at Ascension Parochial School[1] and Northeast Catholic High School, graduating in 1950.[2] He was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 1996, along with Bil Keane.[2] He attended the Philadelphia College of Art, during college, worked part-time at the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency in Philadelphia.[1]

Buckley taught at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Philadelphia Art Institute, and the Bucks County Community College.[1]

Buckley worked at the Express Newspapers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Mail newspapers of Burlington County, New Jersey.[3] His editorial cartoons appeared in various local newspapers.[1] He received the National Cartoonist Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1994 and the Reuben Advertising plaque that very same year which was his third nomination in 9 years.[4][5]

Buckley was married Shirley and lived in Levittown.[4] He died of bacterial pneumonia in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on April 27, 2000, at the age of 67.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Obituaries: Gerald "Jerry" Buckley". MONTGOMERY Media. 5 May 2000. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Bil Keane, 'Family Circus' creator: a friend and a mentor". Bucks County Courier Times. November 11, 2011. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Mystery Strips of Editor & Publisher". Stripper's Guide. Editor & Publisher. January 17, 1998. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  4. ^ a b "MEMBERS / IN MEMORIAM/ Buckley". National Cartoonist Society. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  5. ^ NCS Awards
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