Jim Borgman

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James Mark Borgman (born February 24, 1952) is an American cartoonist. Borgman has illustrated the comic strip Zits since July 1997, which is syndicated over 1499 newspapers around the world and is translated into seven languages, including German, Chinese, Spanish, and Finnish. The co-creator Jerry Scott writes the extremely popular comic.

Borgman also continues to work as an editorial cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer, as he has done for over 30 years.

Borgman was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he began his career in journalism as a student at Elder High School. After graduating from Kenyon College in 1976, Borgman was hired by The Cincinnati Enquirer. His work has been seen by a national audience since he was syndicated in 1980. His work includes the comic strip Wonk City in 1980.


His daily cartoon in The Cincinnati Enquirer is available [1] and includes a browsable archive.

In 1991, when Borgman was 39 years old, he won the Pulitzer Prize. He has also won the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1986, 1987, 1988, 1994, and 2006, their Newspaper Comic Strip for 1997, their Newspaper Comic Strip (with Jerry Scott) in 1998 and 1999 for Zits, and their Reuben Award in 1993. Borgman also won the Reuben Award for editorial cartoonist in 2006.

  • Strickler, Dave. Syndicated Comic Strips and Artists, 1924-1995: The Complete Index. Cambria, CA: Comics Access, 1995. ISBN 0-9700077-0-1.

  • Pearce, Sara. "Jim Borgman: 25 years at the Cincinnati Enquirer." The Cincinnati Enquirer.
    • Part I: "He wanted to be a writer, but cartooning called."
    • Part II: "This is a cartoonist with a big, generous heart."
    • Part III: "The mind of Jim Borgman."
  • Biography. The Cincinnati Enquirer.
  • NCS Awards


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