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Jerry Craft was born on 22 January, 1963 in New York City, U.S., is an American cartoonist and illustrator. Discover Jerry Craft's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 61 years old?
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61 years old |
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Aquarius |
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22 January, 1963 |
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22 January |
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New York City, U.S. |
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United States
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Jerry Craft Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Jerry Craft Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Jerry Craft worth at the age of 61 years old? Jerry Craft’s income source is mostly from being a successful Illustrator. He is from United States. We have estimated Jerry Craft's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Jerry Craft (born January 22, 1963) is an American cartoonist and children's book illustrator best known for his syndicated newspaper comic strip Mama's Boyz and his graphic novels New Kid, Class Act, and School Trip.
Craft is one of only a handful of syndicated African American cartoonists in the US.
Craft grew up in Washington Heights and attended the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.
He graduated from the School of Visual Arts in 1984 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Media Arts.
Craft worked for twelve years as a copywriter for various advertising agencies, during which time he also got his first comics work on projects for Marvel Comics and Harvey Comics.
Moving on to King Features Syndicate, Craft spent eight years writing sales brochures.
Mama's Boyz is the outgrowth of a prior strip called The Outside View, which Craft first self-syndicated in 1987.
In 1990, he adapted some elements of The Outside View to create Mama's Boyz, which he self-syndicated to New York's The City Sun and eventually a number of other weekly papers across the country.
This connection with King Features led to the syndication of Craft's Mama's Boyz beginning in 1995.
Craft later worked as editorial director of the Sports Illustrated for Kids website where he was nominated for a New Media Award by the National Cartoonists Society for his series of popular Flash cartoons.
In 1995, Mama's Boyz was picked up for weekly syndication by King Features.
Mama's Boyz has been praised in Great Books for African American Children, and featured in Chicken Soup for the African American Soul, Chicken Soup for the African American Woman's Soul, and The Complete Idiot's Guide to Comedy Writing.
The Mama's Boyz characters also act as official "spokescharacters" of the American Diabetes Association's African-American Program.
He left that job in October 2006 to become a full-time cartoonist.
Craft performs regular cartooning workshops at schools, camps, and libraries.
Published in 2019, New Kid tells the story of Jordan Banks, an African-American seventh grader who begins attending a predominantly white, affluent, private school.
The book is a partially autobiographical coming of age novel.
As one of the few African-American students at his school, Jordan has to face daily microagressions.
Craft had two sons, Jaylen and Aren, but Aren passed away on February 18, 2024, when he was only 24 years old, a potential suicide.
He and his brother co-wrote the book The Offenders: Saving the World While Serving Detention! with their father.
Craft lives in Norwalk, Connecticut.
On January 27, 2020, New Kid was awarded the Newbery Medal, becoming the first graphic novel to receive this honor.
New Kid also won the Coretta Scott King Author Award and the Kirkus Prize.
Mama's Boyz follows the lives of African American single mother Pauline Porter and her two teenage sons Tyrell and Yusuf.
Other characters include Pauline's brother Greg and their parents.
