Jay Irving

© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reprod…
Jay Irving
© Artist or Artist's Estate. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Jay Irving

American artist, 1900–1970
BiographyJay Irving worked as a sports cartoonist and advertising artist. In 1932, he began a 13-year position at Collier's Weekly, where he created the title Collier's Cops. Irving eventually syndicated a similar cartoon strip titled Pottsy about an overweight but good natured and dutiful New York City cop.
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