Tom and Jerry Original Comic Strip (1989): Tom, Jerry

MEDIUM: Original Comic Strip - Ink and Pencil on Paper
IMAGE SIZE: 19.5" x 6.5"
SIGNED BY ARTIST: Kelley Jarvis
YEAR: 1989
SKU: CCV4523

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Kelley Jarvis is a professional self-taught illustrator, animator and cartoonist. She was born in 1968 in Danbury, Connecticut. Inspired by the likes of animators Chuck Jones, Bill Hanna, Joe Barbera, and Walt Disney's Nine Old Men, she picked up drawing funny animals and fantasy creatures at an early age. Two issues of her comics creation "Samurai Squirrel" were published by Spotlight Comics in 1986. She began writing and drawing the syndicated Tom & Jerry newspaper strip for Editors Press Service when she was only 18 years old, and continued it for six years (1990-1996). She has also worked as a penciller on Paul Terry's 'Mighty Mouse' for Spotlight Comics (1987) and on Tom Ruegger's 'Animaniacs' for DC Comics (1995)

Since the 1990s, Jarvis has been working as director and senior illustrator for her company, called Jarvis Arts!. Jarvis Arts! has been a provider of licensing illustration and graphic design for long standing clients like Warner Brothers, DreamWorks SKG, Turner Entertainment, Hasbro, Cartoon Network, and many others. She is sometimes credited as "Kelly Jarvis".