Jolly Blackburn
American cartoonist
Jolly Randall Blackburn is an American publisher and cartoonist who is best known as the creator of the comic strip and identically titled magazine Knights of the Dinner Table.2
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Companies
- Alderac Entertainment GroupFounder8
Early life and education
As a child, Jolly Blackburn enjoyed playing Monopoly, Life, Sorry and many other board games. At age 15, he was introduced to the Avalon Hill wargame Luftwaffe, and soon owned several other wargames. While perusing wargames at the local games shop, Blackburn was introduced to Dungeons & Dragons, and he eventually created his own campaign world called Alderac.
Following high school, Blackburn entered Ball State University where he majored in anthropology, history, and classical cultures.
Jolly married his wife, Barbara after college. Their daughter Amber Kay Blackburn died in 2011 at age 23.
From Wikipedia’s article on Jolly Blackburn (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Career
Occupation: writer, cartoonist, game designer.5
- Date not recordedFounded Alderac Entertainment Group3
- Date not recordedFounded Shadis4
Awards
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataJolly Blackburn on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaJolly Blackburn on Wikipedia
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- 7Wikidataaward, as reported
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