Brant Julian Parker (August 26, 1920 – April 15, 2007) was an American cartoonist.
Life
Parker studied at the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles, California.
He worked for the Walt Disney Studio before and after World War II, taking time off to serve in the United States Navy.
After leaving Disney in 1945, he moved to New York to work as a political cartoonist for the
Binghamton Press.
Collaborations
It was in New York that he met Johnny Hart in 1950;
Parker was judging an art contest in which 18-year-old Hart was an entrant. The meeting was the beginning of a friendship that led to the two collaborating on
The Wizard of Id in 1964.
[ Johnny Hart and Brant Parker". Creators.com website. Last accessed 2007-04-09.] Parker teamed with Don Wilder on the political commentary strip,
Goosemyer,
which ran from 1981 to 1983. He collaborated with
Bill Rechin and Wilder on the strips
Out of Bounds and
Crock. Early on, Parker left those strips to devote more time to
The Wizard of Id.
Awards
Parker received the National Cartoonists Society Humor Comic Strip Award for 1971, 1976, 1980, 1982 and 1983.
He also received their
Reuben Award for his work on the strip in 1984 and their Elzie Segar Award in 1986.
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