[AGL] Frances, can you email me a copy of Jackson's obit? Can't pull up Statesman!!!!!

[Frances Morey]

Marilyn,

I found this by looking through Harry's posts for a Washington Post article of June 16, about how the democrats needing to return to "Clintonism." I think it was from a post he sent.

Frances

 

Jack Jackson 1941-2006    Austin cartoonist dies  'Jaxon' known as first underground cartoonist    By M.B. Taboada  AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF  Saturday, June 10, 2006    Austin artist Jack "Jaxon" Jackson, generally credited   as the first   underground cartoonist, died Thursday. He was 65.    Jackson's body was found Thursday night outside the   Pleasant Valley   Cemetery in Stockdale, where his parents were buried.   His death is   being investigated as a suicide, according to the   Wilson County   sheriff's office.    Jackson's first underground comic, "God Nose,"   appeared in 1964. He   co-founded Rip Off Press, one of the first independent   publishers of   underground comics in San Francisco in 1969.    Jackson was well known as a historian cartoonist who   created graphic   novels of Texas history, including "Comanche Moon,"   "Los Tejanos" and   "El Alamo." He was the art director of Family Dog,   which promoted   concerts in San Francisco. Jackson received multiple
   awards for his   work, including a lifetime fellowship of the Texas   State Historical   Association.    "He was someone very accomplished who had come before   me and treated me   like a peer and made me feel like I was a part of the   club," said Sam   Hurt, a 48-year-old Austin cartoonist whose work   became prominent in   Austin in 1980. "Like a lot of cartoonists, there was   something about   (his) presence that resonated in his cartoons." Hurt   described   Jackson's work as having an "amazing level of detail."    A mentor to other cartoonists, Jackson was the first   artist featured at   the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture when it   opened to the public   in 2004. The museum will create a memorial for him,   said Leea Mechling,   executive director.    "He has left us with visions of imagined worlds and of   the steps made   on it by others," wrote Emma Little, a close friend of   Jackson's, in an   e-mail sent Friday to his friends and colleagues. "He  
 enriched our   imaginations and our hearts."    Jackson is survived by his wife Tina, and son Sam.    A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 17 at   Hyde Park   Christian Church, 610 E. 45th St.
  
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Marilyn Wheless <mwheless at airmail.net> wrote:          Thanks,
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    ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Frances Morey 
  To: survivors' reminiscences about Austin Ghetto Daze in the 60s 
  Sent: Sunday, June 18, 2006 10:14 AM
  Subject: Re: [AGL] da Statesman redeems itself
  

  Yeah, the drawing that Sam did as tribute to Jack was on the cover of the memorial program, and so Jacksonesque--a nice tribute to the man.
  Frances

Harry Edwards <laughingwolf at ev1.net> wrote:
  Finally a sensitive in-depth story on Jack's life. Interviews with 
Judas Dave and Tina Jackson among others. Looks like Sam has the 
drawing gene. twisty dodds

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