B. B. Sams (born 1944) is an American artist who has worked as an illustrator. He was born in

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and raised in

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. He served five years as a US Naval officer and got his break through the assistance of cartoonist Johnny Sajem. He drew

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for

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and currently works as a freelance cartoonist for advertising and magazines. He received the

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(NCS) Advertising and Illustration Award in 1997, another nomination for that award for 2002, and the NCS Book Illustration Award for 2002. He resides in Georgia.

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