Brooke McEldowney
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| Brooke McEldowney | |
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 McEldowney at the 2012 New York Comic Con. | |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
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]
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 one collection, Hallmarks of Felinity, published by Andrews McMeel in 2002.[3]
Pibgorn was published in print as Pibgorn: The Girl in the Coffee Cup in 2006, and as "Pibgorn Rep: A Midsummer Night's Dream" in 2008.
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
- ^ Hallmarks of Felinity. Amazon.com. Retrieved 4 October 2012
External links
- Chickweed Café: McEldowney's "9 Chickweed Lane" blog (accessed 2011-09-18)
- Pib Press publishes the "Pibgorn" books.
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