Jay Jackson

© Estate of Jay Paul Jackson. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for repro…
Jay Jackson
© Estate of Jay Paul Jackson. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Jay Jackson

American illustrator and cartoonist, 1905–1954
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BiographyJay Jackson was a well-known cartoonist. He worked at leading African American newspapers, including the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender, as well as illustrating science fiction titles for Ziff Publishing. He created influential comic strips "How Others See Us," "Home Folks," and "Speed Jackson," as well as reviving the long-running "Bungleton Green."
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