Jerry Fearing

• Born 1930-07-16 · Died 2024-10-11

Additional biographical information: Stewartville Star (Stewartville, Minnesota) "Fond memories of his life as a cartoonist" by Mark Peterson (editor), December 8, 2014, at 12:09:00 PM. (https://thinkstewartville.com/main.asp?SectionID=13&SubSectionID=62&ArticleID=8599) ISBNS.net "Books by Jerry Fearing" (https://www.isbns.net/author/Jerry_Fearing) Fearing was an artist and cartoonist for the morning Saint Paul Pioneer Press (Saint Paul, Minnesota) and the evening Saint Paul Dispatch starting in the late 1940s (both papers were owned by Knight-Ridder). His time with the papers was paused when he joined the Marine Corps Reserves and eventually served in the Korean War in 1950 where he was wounded in action on May 24, 1951. He then returned to the newspapers after the war and was still there when both papers merged in 1985 to become Saint Paul Pioneer Press and Dispatch. By 1986, they were known as Saint Paul Pioneer Press Dispatch, and in 1990, just Saint Paul Pioneer Press. His retirement date is unknown. Fearing also did several comic panels/strips related to Minnesota history, local animals, and Saint Paul's politics. Syndication credits: Como Scrapbook weekly (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) 1959-04-XX - 1960-XX-XX [Pencil and ink work.]; It Happened in Minnesota Sunday (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) 1961-10-08 - 1962-05-13 [Pencil and ink work.]; Rooftop O'Toole daily (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) 1976-05-10 - 1977-01-01 [Pencil and ink work.]; Rooftop O'Toole daily (United Feature Syndicate) 1977-01-03 - 1980-08-30 [Pencil and ink work.]; Rooftop O'Toole Sunday (United Feature Syndicate) 1977-01-09 - 1980-08-24 [Pencil and ink work.] Supermayor [The Adventures of Supermayor] weekly (Saint Paul Dispatch) 1970-XX-XX - 1971-XX-XX [Writer, pencil, and ink work.] The Story of Minnesota Sunday (Saint Paul Pioneer Press) 1963-02-03 - 1963-10-13 [Writer, pencil, and ink work.]