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Jimmy Swinnerton

Cartoonist, painter

Died when: 98 years 299 days (1185 months)
Star Sign: Scorpio

 

Jimmy Swinnerton

James Guilford Swinnerton (13 November 1875 – 8 September 1974) was an American cartoonist and a landscape painter of the Southwest deserts.He was known as Jimmy to some and Swinny to others.

He signed some of his early cartoons Swin, and on one ephemeral comic strip he used Guilford as his signature.

Experimenting with narrative continuity, he played a key role in developing the comic strip at the end of the 19th century.


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