Jerry Dowling

Who is Jerry Dowling?

Jerry Dowling is an American cartoonist who has also worked in newspaper illustration. He received the National Cartoonist Society Newspaper Illustration Award for 1994 for his work.

Dowling worked for the Cincinnati Enquirer from the late 1960s to 1994. He continues to do sports cartoons for the Cincinnati alternative weekly CityBeat, as of 2006. Dowling often puts a little rodentat the bottom of his cartoons. The rodent always has something to say. He was known for cartoons of former Cincinnati Reds owner Marge Schott with ever-increasing numbers of cigarettes hanging from her mouth.

Jerry's Book, Drawing Pete was released by Edgecliff Press in 2008. The book is a collection from his 40 years of drawings of Cincinnati Reds player, Pete Rose.