Jim Keefe (born 1965) is an American

cartoonist A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary an ...

. He is the most recent artist to contribute original art and stories to the ''

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'' comic strip.

Career

A graduate of The Kubert School, Keefe started his career as the head colorist in the

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comic art department, coloring such world-renowned strips as '' Blondie'', '' Beetle Bailey'', and '' Hägar the Horrible''. From 1996 to 2003 he was the writer and artist of ''

'' (which at that point was running only on Sundays) for King Features – currently available online at FlashGordon.com. Teaching and speaking engagements include the

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in Manhattan, Malloy College and

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's UCCE Youth Programs in Long Island, New York – and most recently as an adjunct teacher at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design. Since 2013, Keefe has been the artist of the '' Sally Forth'' comic strip, written by Francesco Marciuliano. ''Sally Forth'' is syndicated worldwide by King Features and appears in nearly 700 newspapers.

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* American comic strip cartoonists Living people 1965 births Comics colorists {{US-cartoonist-stub