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Glenn McCoy | |
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| Born | 1965 (age 59–60) |
| Occupation | Cartoonist |
Glenn McCoy (born 1965) is a conservative Americancartoonist, whose work includes the comic stripThe Duplex and the daily panel he does with his brother Gary entitledThe Flying McCoys. McCoy previously producededitorial cartoons until May 2018, when he refocused his career on animations after being discharged from his job of 22 years at theBelleville News-Democrat.[1] All three cartoon features aresyndicated byAndrews McMeel Syndication.[2]
Glenn McCoy was born in 1965 and began drawing at the age of 4 under the supervision of his older brother and grandfather. His interest in cartoons and daily strips caused him to work as a cartoonist in newspapers published in his grade school, high school and college. He graduated fromSouthern Illinois University with abachelor's degree in fine arts and graphic design.
After graduation, McCoy started as an art director/editorial cartoonist for theBelleville News-Democrat in his hometown ofBelleville, Illinois. He also began working forPlayboy as a gag cartoonist in 1992. One year later he created his best-known comic strip—The Duplex.
In 1993, Glenn McCoy began his comic stripThe Duplex, syndicated byUniversal Press Syndicate.
Glenn McCoy illustrated theLegend of Spud Murphy byEoin Colfer which was published in 2004.
In 2005, Glenn and his brother Gary launchedThe Flying McCoys—a single panel comic that's syndicated through Universal Press (featured in TheLos Angeles Times,Chicago Sun Times,Washington Post and about 150 other clients). The brothers switch writing and art duties on a daily basis.
McCoy has also become known for his editorial cartoons published through theBelleville News-Democrat. In 2008,Mother Jones commented that one of his cartoons portrayingBarack Obama's opposition to theBorn-Alive Infants Protection Act was "in extremely poor taste".[3] In 2017,Chelsea Clinton publicly rebuked one of McCoy's political cartoons,Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos, which drew heavily fromThe Problem We All Live With byNorman Rockwell.[4] He published his final editorial cartoon on May 21, 2018 after he was laid off from theBelleville News-Democrat.[5]
McCoy worked as astoryboard artist forDespicable Me,The Lorax,Despicable Me 2,The Secret Life of Pets,Minions andDespicable Me 3.[6] and also wroteTall Tails, a comic aboutMickey Mouse andGoofy, for theDisney Adventures magazine.
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