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Brant Parker

Brant Parker
BornBrant Julian Parker
August 26, 1920
Los Angeles, California, United States
DiedApril 15, 2007(2007-04-15) (aged 86)
Lynchburg, Virginia, United States
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
The Wizard of Id
Crock
Goosemyer
AwardsNational Cartoonists Society Humor Comic Strip Award (1971, 1976, 1980, 1982, 1983)
Inkpot Award (1984)[1]
Reuben Award (1984)
Elzie Segar Award (1986)

Brant Julian Parker (August 26, 1920 – April 15, 2007) was an American cartoonist.[2] He co-created and drew The Wizard of Id comic strip until passing the job on to his son, Jeff Parker, in 1997.[3] Cartoonist Johnny Hart, his co-creator, continued writing the strip until his death on April 7, 2007. Parker himself died eight days later, on April 15.[2][4]

Life

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Parker studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California.[2] He worked for the Walt Disney Studio before and after World War II, taking time off to serve in the United States Navy.[3] After leaving Disney in 1945, he moved to New York to work as a political cartoonist for the Binghamton Press.

Collaborations

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It was in New York that he met Johnny Hart in 1950;[2] Parker was judging an art contest in which 18-year-old Hart was an entrant.[citation needed] The meeting was the beginning of a friendship that led to the two collaborating on The Wizard of Id in 1964.[5] Parker teamed with Don Wilder on the political commentary strip, Goosemyer,[6] which ran from 1981 to 1983. He collaborated with Bill Rechin and Wilder on the strips Out of Bounds and Crock. Early on, Parker left those strips to devote more time to The Wizard of Id.

Awards

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Parker received the National Cartoonists Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1983.[6][2] He also received their Reuben Award for his work on the strip in 1984 and their Elzie Segar Award in 1986.

References

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  1. ^ "Inkpot Award". Archived from the original on 2017-01-29. Retrieved 2024-04-30.
  2. ^ a b c d e Gravett, Paul (19 May 2007). "Johnny Hart and Brant Parker". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  3. ^ a b Hevesi, Dennis (18 April 2007). "Brant Parker, 86, Co-Creator of 'The Wizard of Id' Comics, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  4. ^ Nelson, Valerie J. (17 April 2007). "Brant Parker, 86; cartoonist co-created 'The Wizard of Id'". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  5. ^ "About Johnny Hart and Brant Parker". Archived 2015-09-07 at the Wayback Machine Creators.com website. Last accessed 2007-04-09.
  6. ^ a b "Meet the Wizard". parkercartoons.com. Retrieved 30 July 2025.
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