Don Addis
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Donald G. Addis was a comic strip
artist. He received his bachelor's degree
from the University of Florida
, where he was the editor of the student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator. He retired as an editorial cartoonist and columnist with the St. Petersburg Times
Publishing Company in 2004, where he had worked since 1964.
His work includes the comic strips:
He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1992 for his work on Bent Offerings.
Don Addis died of lung cancer
at the age of 74 on November 29, 2009.
Comic strip
A comic strip is a sequence of drawings arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, with text in balloons and captions....
artist. He received his bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
from the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
, where he was the editor of the student newspaper, The Independent Florida Alligator. He retired as an editorial cartoonist and columnist with the St. Petersburg Times
St. Petersburg Times
The St. Petersburg Times is a United States newspaper. It is one of two major publications serving the Tampa Bay Area, the other being The Tampa Tribune, which the Times tops in both circulation and readership. Based in St...
Publishing Company in 2004, where he had worked since 1964.
His work includes the comic strips:
- Briny Deep (1980)
- The Great John L. (1982–1984)
- Babyman (1985) and
- Bent Offerings (1988–2004).
He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Panel Cartoon Award for 1992 for his work on Bent Offerings.
Don Addis died of lung cancer
Lung cancer
Lung cancer is a disease characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. If left untreated, this growth can spread beyond the lung in a process called metastasis into nearby tissue and, eventually, into other parts of the body. Most cancers that start in lung, known as primary...
at the age of 74 on November 29, 2009.
