Grampy

(August 26, 1920 – April 15, 2007)

Brant J. Parker, award winning cartoonist of the syndicated comic strip The Wizard of Id, died Sunday, April 15th in Lynchburg, VA. He was 86. He died as a result of complications of Alzheimer’s disease and a stroke he suffered in October, 2006. He is survived by his beloved wife of sixty years, Mary Lou, and his children, James Parker, Julie Shackleton, Laurie Tannenbaum, Kathie Borkowski and Jeff Parker and his brother John Parker. He is also survived by thirteen grandchildren and fourteen great-grandchildren. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and the Korean War. He worked for Disney Studios animating Donald Duck before moving to New York where he met Johnny Hart, the creator of the comic strip, BC. Together their creativity sparked The Wizard of Id which has run since 1965. The strip continues today, in his name, by son Jeff and his wife Nicola Parker. Brant loved his work and had a passion for sharing his talent with people of all ages and would regularly visit his children’s and grandchildren’s classrooms and teach cartooning to aspiring artists of all ages.