CARTOONIST PROFILE

Bio

Tim Campbell Bio I was born in 1958 and raised in Indianapolis, IN. My wife and I (and 3 dogs) currently live in Carmel, IN. I have been married to my wife Barb since 1989. We have 2 children. Our son Doug (30) lives and works in Houston, TX. Our daughter Tori (27) lives and works in San Francisco, CA. I’ve been a Designer and Illustrator since I graduated from The Columbus College of Art & Design in 1980, but my career as an Editorial Cartoonist began at age 48 in October of 2006. A weekly publication arrived in my mailbox called Current In Carmel. I noticed that the first edition contained an Editorial Cartoon on a local issue as well as an invitation from the publishers for people to contribute and make submissions to the paper. That evening I sketched out a rough pencil idea for a cartoon and emailed it to the paper. Within minutes I was contacted and invited to contribute each week. I’ve never looked back. I began studying the history and current state of Editorial Cartooning and discovered the work being done by so many other cartoonists that I now call friends and colleagues. I joined the AAEC, attended conventions and got better. Within a few years I started entering contests and winning statewide Journalism awards. Over time that one weekly newspaper grew into 6 and I began finding more work for other papers as well. In 2017 I had the good fortune to become nationally syndicated with the Washington Post News Service & Syndicate. This past summer I became syndicated with CounterPoint Licensing & Syndication and switched from Current Publishing to The Hamilton County Reporter as my local paper. I have won over 24 awards for my Editorial Cartoons in my home state of Indiana. This past year I was a finalist for the 22nd International Press Freedom Canada International Editorial Cartoon Competition and I have twice been awarded runner-up for the Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award by the National Press Foundation. (2018, 2021)