Jim Meddick (born August 1961) is an American
cartoonist
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.
While attending
Washington University in St. Louis
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, he won the
Chicago Tribune
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Student Cartoonist Contest for a strip named ''Paperback Writer''. After graduating, in 1983 he became a political cartoonist. In 1985, he created the
comic strip ''
Robotman'', now known as ''
Monty
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Notable people with the name or nickname include:
First name Nickname
*Bernard Montgomery (1887–1976), British Second ...
''. Meddick did not own the Robotman property, whereas he created and owns the Monty character. He lives in
New York City
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with his wife.
References
External links
Short bio(with picture) at the National Cartoonists Society
Monty websiteJim Meddick's website
1961 births
Living people
American comic strip cartoonists
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
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