Brief Bio of the Artist...



Tim Jackson is a nationally syndicated cartoonist and illustrator. His social commentary cartoons have appeared on the editorial pages of the Capital Outlook, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Cincinnati Herald, Dayton Defender, Northern Kentucky Herald newspapers and the magazine, Urban Life Northwest.

 

Four-time winner of NNPA Wilbert Holloway Award for Editorial Cartoons, Tim is a member of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ-C),  the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC), and the Midwest Chapter of the National Cartoonist Society (NCS)

 

Born in Dayton, Ohio, Tim began his art education with a Commercial Art program at Sinclair College, relocated to Chicago to attended the School of the Art Institute of Chicago studying Film, Animation and Art Education. While still in college, founded the company, Creative License Studio, where he provided cartoons, humorous illustrations and art support to a variety of community organizations, small businesses and corporations like the American Red Cross, Chicago Department of Health, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois and Chicago Public Schools.