Darrin Bell

Darrin Bell
Born (1975-01-27) January 27, 1975 (age 49)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Area(s)Editorial cartoonist, comic strip writer/artist
Notable works
Candorville
Rudy Park
Spouse(s)Makeda Rashidi

Darrin Bell (born January 27, 1975)[1] is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist and comic strip creator known for the syndicated comic strips Candorville and Rudy Park. He is a syndicated editorial cartoonist with King Features.[2] (His editorial cartoons were formerly syndicated by The Washington Post Writers Group.)[3][4]

Bell is the first African American to have two comic strips syndicated nationally.[citation needed] He is also a storyboard artist. Bell engages in issues such as civil rights, pop culture, family, science fiction, scriptural wisdom, and nihilist philosophy, while often casting his characters in roles that are traditionally denied to them.[citation needed]

  1. ^ California Births, 1905 – 1995, Darrin L. Bell
  2. ^ "KING FEATURES ANNOUNCES DARRIN BELL TO JOIN EDITORIAL CARTOON ROSTER," The Daily Cartoonist (August 21, 2018).
  3. ^ "Darrin Bell". Comics Kingdom. Retrieved October 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "Darrin Bell Syndication The Washington Post". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 7, 2018.