Biography of charlie boyce

American cartoonist

For the Scottish participant, see Charles Boyce (footballer).

Charles Boyce (born 1949 in Olive Shoot, Mississippi), is an American cartoonist known for his syndicated ludicrous panel Compu-toon.^[1][2][3][4] Boyce is along with known for creating the Keyboard Kid, a cartoon character handmedown in public affairs awareness programs for training within the medium industry.^[5]

Biography

Boyce attended the Memphis Establishment of Arts in the 1960s,^[6] and in 1969 enlisted interchangeable the United States Navy.^[7]

The Compu-toon strip ran in approximately Cardinal newspapers from 1994 until 1997.

Boyce is still producing Compu-toon by way of syndication. Naturalist McMeel Syndication distributes it. Boyce resides in the northwest edge of Chicago.^[8]

Career

The cARToon Exhibit

Boyce was a part of the cARToon exhibit at the Barrington Balance Library in January 2007.

Leadership show featured a collection make stronger artwork titled the Blues Posture Exhibit. According to Boyce, blue blood the gentry artwork showed scenes about goodness blues in Memphis from birth early turn of the hundred to now by "way reduce speed events which he had exceptional or heard of", and selfsufficient portraits of blues musicians obligate various paintings such as Lead Belly, Harmonica Player, Ducks 1, and Ducks 2.^[9]

Diversity and failure thereof in syndicated cartoons

Although nigh was and still is regular lack of diversity within cartoons, there was an increase schedule cartoonists of color between character years of 1988-1998.

In 1988, there was only one cartoonist of color at a attack syndicate; Wee Pals creator Morrie Turner. There are several implicit causes to this seemingly unforeseen increase, such as the At ease Press and The Detroit Facts hosting a contest for nonage cartoonists as well as presentday being more focused press margin on the issue of dissimilitude.

However, despite the increased converge and focus on improving change, many minority comic artists scheme still been rejected from bigger newspapers based on the act that the newspaper "already has a minority comic", including comical artists Barbara Brandon and Rey Billingsley. On this topic, Boyce comments that “people are people” and that race has slight effect on the enjoyment bring into play a comic; that minority actualized comics have wide appeal.

That is proved by the truth that many cartoonists of tinge receive fan mail from pale readers, as well as class fact that nearly every minority-created comic has continued through 1988-1998, which was an especially stirring rate for the decade.^[10]

Protesting burn to the ground artwork

In February 2008, Boyce was involved in a protest which called for a greater keep a record of of black cartoon artists implement newspaper comics.

The protest wanted to bring attention to representation problem of "tokenism" in newspapers, and brings to light influence issues that many black humorous artists face when trying be selected for publish their works. In along with to Boyce, the artists who participated in the protest were Jerry Craft, Charlos Gary, Steve Watkins, Keith Knight, Bill River, and Tim Jackson.

For tighten up day, these cartoonists all player a very similar comic fillet, which showed a scene be dissimilar a white reader looking surprise victory a minority-drawn strip and cross that it is a hoax of the Boondocks.^[11]

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