MSCA: Our Founder, Jack Cassady, has passed.

(From MSCA president Kevin L. Williams)

Sad news shared from Greg Cravens yesterday that the founder of the Mid-South Cartoonists Association, Jack Cassady, has passed away.

Back on March 28, 1987, his poster brought together many cartoonists (MSCA originally the Memphis Cartoonists Group) at Steak and Ale on Summer Avenue.

It’s thanks to Jack that today we are inspired to come together and promote cartoon as art almost 40 years later. Continue reading →