W. B. Park
W. B. Park is an international cartoonist / humorous illustrator who has had a long and distinguished career. Will has had over 60 cartoons published in The New Yorker Magazine, and many short-short stories for them ran on an early one of their websites. While he is still represented by the New Yorker on the rights sales of his New Yorker cartoons in the United States, he no longer submits cartoons to the magazine (when Bob Mankoff became cartoon editor, Park was phased out with numerous other cartoonists to make room for Mankoff's selection of new people). Park is represented in the UK by CartoonStock. He also works with clients directly from his studio, Park-Art, 107 Pine Needle Lane, Altamonte Springs, FL USA 32714. For over ten years, he created, wrote and drew a humorous panel, "Off the Leash," which was syndicated and distributed worldwide by United Feature Syndicate of United Media. This and a worldwide licensing program ended with the Great Recession. For over 30 years he was artist in residence of Litigation Journal of The American Bar Association, and continues to do work for various law firms and individual lawyers throughout the United States. He received the National Cartoonist Society Advertising and Illustration Award for 1991, and their Greeting Card Award for 1993, The Silver Funnybone Award from The New York Society of Illustrators,and many other awards and recognitions. As a journalist, he has traveled, written and illustrated many articles, including a piece based on his trip to Cuba weeks after the overthrow of Batista by Castro in January, 1959 (Orlando Sentinel), "The Experimental Aircraft Show at Oshkosh," and "Learning to Fly" (Flying Magazine), "Snow Job," a piece on skiing a glacier in Austria (Travel & Leisure), "The Cruise Ship Syndrome"(The New York Times), and "The Motor Races at Limerock." His whimsical, illustrated fables ran in "Look," Intellectual Digest," Status," and "The Floridian," the magazine of "The St.Petersburg Times." Park also does art for advertising agencies and directly for clients. His fine art has been exhibited in shows in New York City, Washington, D. C., and in various U.S. cities as well as Japan, the UK, and other nations. He wrote, illustrated, and published, "City Heat, a Collection of Stories and Poems. He has written and illustrated six children's books: "The Pig in the Floppy Black Hat" and Jonathan's Friends" published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, "Charlie-Bob's Fan" published by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, "Who's Sick!" published by Houghton-Mifflin, "The Costume Party" and "Bakery Business" published by Little, Brown and Company. Will is an amateur chess player, and has won a few awards, including a first place in the Under 1200 Category of the United States Open of 1997. He lives in Florida with his wife Eva, and two cats.