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| Jim Mitchell | |
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| Born | James Mitchell (1949-04-28)April 28, 1949 (age 76) |
| Nationality | American |
| Area | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Smile |
Jim Mitchell (born April 28, 1949) is anAmericanundergroundcartoonist fromMilwaukee. Mitchell was part of the late-1960s/early-1970sMilwaukeeunderground comix scene and a co-founder of theKrupp Comics/Kitchen Sink group (withDenis Kitchen andDon Glassford).[1][2][3]
In the early 1970s, Mitchell (then aMarquette University student) regularly created strips such as "Smile" for theunderground newspaperThe Bugle, which were subsequently syndicated to other underground andcollege newspapers via theKrupp Syndicate. His strips (and covers) appeared inThe Bugle; in three issues of his own comic,Smile (1971-1972); and in other comix, includingTeen-Age Horizons of Shangrila,Mom's Homemade Comics,Bizarre Sex,Pro Junior, andHungry Chuck Biscuit's Comics & Stories.
Mitchell was imprisoned inMexico for four and a half years for possession of marijuana which prevented his involvement in the further evolution of the underground scene, but was released in late 1977.
He runs his own full-service art studio, Distant Thunder Studios, in Milwaukee.
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