J. R. Williams | |
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Born | Nova Scotia, Canada | 30 March 1888
Died | 17 June 1957 Pasadena, California | (aged 69)
Nationality | Canadian |
Area(s) | Cartoonist |
Notable works | Out Our Way |
James Robert Williams (March 30, 1888 – June 17, 1957)[1] was a Canadian cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel Out Our Way. As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and saved than were other newspaper comics. A newspaper promotion of 1930 compared him to poets Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley.[2]