Tom Wilson (cartoonist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American cartoonist
Date of Birth: 01-Aug-1931
Place of Birth: Grant Town, West Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 16-Sep-2011
Profession: cartoonist
Zodiac Sign: Leo 
About Tom Wilson (cartoonist)
- Thomas Albert Wilson (August 1, 1931 – September 16, 2011), was an American cartoonist.
- Wilson was the creator of the comic strip Ziggy, which he drew from 1971 to 1987.
- The strip was then continued by his son, Tom Wilson Jr.After growing up in Uniontown, Pennsylvania, Wilson served in the U.S.
- Army from 1953 to 1955.
- He attended the Art Institute of Pittsburgh, graduating in 1955.
- He was a Cooper Union art instructor from 1961 to 1962.Wilson's career began in 1950, doing advertisement layouts for Uniontown Newspapers, Inc.
- In 1955, he joined American Greetings (AG) as a designer, becoming Creative Director in 1957 and vice-president of creative development in 1978.
- While at AG, he developed the Soft Touch greeting card line.
- He also served as president of Those Characters From Cleveland, AG's character licensing subsidiary.
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