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Jerry Van Amerongen

Comic Strips

ANDREWS MCMEEL PUB.

It's been a long time coming, but Ballard Street fans can finally get their fix. In this first Ballard Street cartoon collection, cartoonist Jerry Van Amerongen (previously of The Neighborhood) is at his best, creating an assortment of panels that have one thing in common: an intense level of absurdity! On every page, the deranged antics of weird suburbanite characters provide delight for all.

Ballard Street

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Andrews McMeel Publishing

From 1980 to 1990 The Neighborhood graced the comic pages of newspapers across the country. Along with Gary Larson's The Far Side, it redefined the single panel gag cartoon with short bursts of sophisticated and surreal humor. Van Amerongen introduced Ballard Street in 1991 . . . a rich continuation of his singular humor. 
Jerry Van Amerongen's cartoons have been in continuous syndication for 30 years. Countless greeting cards, calendars, many other licensed products, and now the Internet have created a large and loyal following.

Keeping Score on Ballard Street: The Comic Art of Jerry Van Amerongen

Humor & Entertainment

Syren Book Co

From 1980 to 1990 THE NEIGHBORHOOD graced the comic pages of newspapers across the country. Along with Gary Larson s THE FAR SIDE, it redefined the single panel gag cartoon with short bursts of sophisticated and surreal humor. Van Amerongen introduced BALLARD STREET in 1991 . . . a rich continuation of his singular humor. Jerry Van Amerongen s cartoons have been in continuous syndication for over 26 years. Countless greeting cards, calendars, many other licensed products, and now the Internet have created a large and loyal following over the years. Jerry was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He spent the first 17 years of his professional life in corporate sales, marketing, and product management, coming to cartooning at age 40. Van Amerongen s boyhood memories were shaped by the ethnic influences of his Dutch and Polish heritage, images of roly-poly women in large print dresses and rotund men in baggy trousers.

Practicing People Skills on Ballard Street; The Comic Art of Jerry Van Amerongen

Syren Book Company

Jazz is a good subject for bluffing because whoever happens to contradict you is almost certainly bluffing as well.

The Neighbourhood Yearbook

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

Ravette Books Limited

A must have, the last book collection of Selected Ballard Street syndicated cartoons (2010 to Present) 
Jerry Van Amerongen's cartoons are in every sense Short Stories. Each beautifully balanced composition relies on the expressions and posturing of the characters to give us clues to who they are, and what motivates them to act as they do. We can tell by looking at them how they may have behaved in the past, and how they are liable to act in the future. And, then there are the captions...wonderfully droll understated observations that we readers might make ourselves. All this in a single panel drawing! This is exceptional cartooning. If there were a Mount Rushmore for Cartoonists, Jerry Van Amerongen would be on it!

Ballard Street Redux: The Comic Art of Jerry Van Amerongen

Tasora Books

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Books by Jerry Van Amerongen