Gerald Bernard Buckley (August 10, 1932 – April 27, 2000) was an American cartoonist who also worked as an art director and a college professor.
Gerald Bernard Buckley was born on August 10, 1932 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Kensington, and attended parochial school at Ascension Parochial School [1] and Northeast Catholic High School, graduating in 1950. [2] He was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 1996, along with Bil Keane. [2] He attended the Philadelphia College of Art, during college, worked part-time at the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency in Philadelphia. [1]
Buckley taught at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Philadelphia Art Institute, and the Bucks County Community College. [1]
Buckley worked at the Express Newspapers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Mail newspapers of Burlington County, New Jersey. [3] His editorial cartoons appeared in various local newspapers. [1] He received the National Cartoonist Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1994 and the Reuben Advertising plaque that very same year which was his third nomination in 9 years. [4] [5]
Buckley was married Shirley and lived in Levittown. [4] He died of bacterial pneumonia in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on April 27, 2000, at the age of 67. [1]
Gerald Bernard Buckley (August 10, 1932 – April 27, 2000) was an American cartoonist who also worked as an art director and a college professor.
Gerald Bernard Buckley was born on August 10, 1932 in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania neighborhood of Kensington, and attended parochial school at Ascension Parochial School [1] and Northeast Catholic High School, graduating in 1950. [2] He was inducted into that school’s Hall of Fame in 1996, along with Bil Keane. [2] He attended the Philadelphia College of Art, during college, worked part-time at the N. W. Ayer & Son advertising agency in Philadelphia. [1]
Buckley taught at the Philadelphia College of Art, the Philadelphia Art Institute, and the Bucks County Community College. [1]
Buckley worked at the Express Newspapers in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and Mail newspapers of Burlington County, New Jersey. [3] His editorial cartoons appeared in various local newspapers. [1] He received the National Cartoonist Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1994 and the Reuben Advertising plaque that very same year which was his third nomination in 9 years. [4] [5]
Buckley was married Shirley and lived in Levittown. [4] He died of bacterial pneumonia in Langhorne, Pennsylvania on April 27, 2000, at the age of 67. [1]