Local Personalities Notable  native Sharonites  include: Author John D. MacDonald/  Indianapolis Colts cornerback   Marlin  Jackson  /   Singer  Tony  Butala   /of The  Lettermen   Great White  guitarist  Ty  Longley /  post bop guitarist  Mick  Goodrick /  Basketball  player Jack  Marin  /Drummer  Bernie Dresel /  of  The  Brian  Setzer  Orchestra    Drummer  Jonathan  Dresel / of Jimmy  Kimmel  Live!  Actor  Carmen  Argenziano /  2007  Rhodes  Scholar  Sean  Genis  / Nationally  Syndicated Cartoonist  Bill  Murray  / of Jet  News  and  The Golden  Years   &  Former  CIA officer  John   Kiriakou

                    

SYNDICATED  COMIC STRIPS:

 POLITICAL CARTOONS

     THOSE BROWNS

     THE GOLDEN YEARS

            JET NEWS

BILL MURRAY HAS TWO NATIONALLY DISTRIBUTED COMIC FEATURES...JET NEWS & THE GOLDEN YEARS...DISTRIBUTED BY DBR MEDIA, INC.

Bill started his career back in the early 70's as a teenager working with the Johnson Publishing Company the publishers of Ebony magazine.  Murray has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Visual  Communications  from the  Institute of Art -Chicago, IL.

Bill's first feature was, ( Those Browns ) which was distributed by Sammy Davis, Jr. in the late 70's from (1975-1981)

Murray later worked with the now famous Kevin Eastman the creator of the famous ( Ninja Turtles ) in 1985 Murray hired the talented Kevin Eastman to create the cover of his first issue of " ADAM & EVE, A.D. which later became distributed internationally...issue #  one of  Adam & Eve A.D. is  now a collector's  item on  ebay.

Murray has also been comic strip artist for the  Real Times Media  Newspaper  Chain  the largest African American Newspaper Organization  in the country  since 1981, drawing the popular comic strip ( SonnyBoy ) and Editorial Cartoons. Murray's clients includes : CNN NEWS, USA TODAY , FOX NEWS, TIME MAGAZINE, HALL MARK GREETING, GIBSON GREETING CARDS, the NEW YORKER MAGAZINE, NEWS WEEK MAGAZINE, WALT DISNEY, DC COMICS , FIRESTONE TIRES , and many, many more.

                                                                       All images Copyrighted  Bill Murray 1990-2008. All rights reserved.