“Things were starting to calm down with Zoe in second grade and Hammie in kindergarten.

“We needed to inject more chaos into the strip,” explains Scott.

26 – exactly a year after the real-life birth of Scott’s second daughter, Cady. A third baby was born in “Baby Blues,” making the humorously harried MacPherson family busier than ever. This year, both strips have undergone interesting content developments. “Thank God for electricity,” quips Scott.īut Scott, Borgman and Kirkman are not resting on their laurels. Both creators – who are known for their expert and lively drawing – work with Scott via phone, fax, and e-mail. Scott’s “Zits” partner, Borgman, has earned wide honors himself as a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Cincinnati Enquirer, while Kirkman is an award-winning artist based in Arizona. Borgman draws “Zits” and Kirkman draws “Baby Blues” – with the artists also helping with the writing and Scott helping with the drawing. Both strips are completely collaborative efforts,” says the “Zits” and “Baby Blues” writer cartoonist. resident, credits his success to his creative alliances with both Jim Borgman and Rick Kirkman. “The Editor & Publisher honor is the capper.”

“It has been such a great year,” says Scott. Launched in 1997, “Zits” reached that auspicious total in the short span of five years. If that wasn’t enough accolades and encouragement, this year “Zits” reached a rarified milestone when it passed the 1,000-newspaper mark – a feat accomplished by fewer than 20 of the more than 200 comics distributed by the major syndicates. At the Amadora Comics Festival in Portugal, Scott picked up the prize for “Best Book Collection” for “Zits.” Four months later, he received the Swedish Academy of Comic Art’s Adamson Statuette as “Best International Comic Artist” for the body of his cartooning work. In May, Scott won his profession’s “Oscar®,” the National Cartoonists Society’s annual Reuben Award, as top cartoonist. Quite simply, 2002 has been a banner year for Jerry Scott. (FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE) The awards continue to pile up for Jerry Scott, the cartoonist of the widely-successful comic strips “Zits” and “Baby Blues.” Editor and Publisher magazine recently named Jerry Scott its “Comic Cartoonist of the Year.”

Zits by Jerry Scott