Joseph Young Jr.

Joseph Young Jr.
Joseph Young Jr. Portrait 2007
Born

Joseph Young Jr.
(1964-12-29)December 29, 1964

(Age 53)
Hartford, Connecticut
U.S.
Nationality African-American
Area(s) Cartoonist, Writer, Artist
Notable works
 Scruples (1989–Present)
http://www.joeyoung.org

Joseph Young Jr. (commonly known as Joe Young) is a nationally recognized African-American cartoonist, filmmaker, producer, writer, and educator,[1] who runs the Hartford Animation & Film Institute (HAFI). Young is the president of Joe Young Studios, a 17 year old multimedia agency based in Hartford, CT and founded by Joseph Young, which provides arts programming businesses and organizations. Specifically, JYS produces community art programs, books, videos, animated projects, graphic art, and conducts workshops in the performing arts. Young is the creator of the Scruples comic strip in the 1990s,[2] and the strip's characters now star in the animated film that the institute completed in December [2006].[3] He is the creator of the socially engaged Scruples comic characters and the writer and executive producer of Hartford's first major homegrown book-to-film project, Diamond Ruff. In early 2015, Cinedigm Entertainment, the largest independent content provider in the United States, nationally distributed Diamond Ruff.Young is currently the President of Maurice Starr Entertainment/Joe Young! Studios headquartered in Hartford, CT, where he oversees many projects including the visual development of new boy band NK5.[4][5] He is also the Founder & Executive Director of the youth arts non-profit agency The Joe, Picture This Show/Hartford Animation and Film Institute. He is a former Guinness World Record Holder for creating the World's Longest Comic Strip, which included the participation of thousands of Greater Hartford-based youth. In 1999 he received the prestigious Daily Point of Light Award from the White House for volunteering his time in bringing the arts to otherwise access-less youth. He and his work has appeared in People, Ebony, GQ and Jet Magazine, the Boston Globe, New York Times, C-Span, CNN, the Black Family Channel and other national media outlets.[6] http://www.joeyoung.org

World's Longest Comic Strip

In 1999, Young created the World's Longest Comic Strip (also known as the World's Largest Comic Strip). The comic strip features Young's Scruples characters. The strip is 8 feet tall and 100 yards long.[7] In 1999, he received the Daily Point of Light Award from the White House.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Artist as Businessman Archived 2011-09-26 at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ "Scruples Kids" Promote Financial Education Archived 2011-09-30 at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ Joe Young on Running the Hartford Animation & Film Institute
  4. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2RZd03zEGbMMdpWSwm48Mw
  5. ↑ http://www.courant.com/entertainment/music/hc-ctn-nk5-at-atheneum-block-party-20150804-story.html
  6. ↑ http://fox61.com/2014/07/28/cartoonist-joe-young/
  7. ↑ Jet Magazine
  8. ↑ Worlds Longest Comic Strip


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