Bill Murray

Bill Murray (born 1955 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American cartoonist. He became the seventh African-American artist to be nationally syndicated in 2005. Murray is known for his comics, Jet News and The Golden Years.

Early life and education Bill Murray was born in Chicago, Illinois in 1955. He wanted to be a cartoonist from an early age, and, by fifth grade, he had won an award for designing citywide cleanup posters.

Bill Murray obtained a bachelor of fine arts degree in visual communications from the Art institute of Chicago. After graduating, he secured an apprenticeship under Herbert Temple at Johnson Publishing Company, which publishes Ebony and Jet magazines. Since 1981, he has worked for the Pittsburgh Courier and the Chicago Defender drawing the "Sonny Boy" comic strips.

In 1985 Murray created BAM Productions, a comic book company, and hired comic book artists Jerry Ordway, Ben Dunn, and Kevin Eastman (co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) to create the art for his comic books, Adam & Eve A.D., a series of comic books.