Jok Church, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jok Church

cartoonist

Date of Birth: 28-Nov-1949

Place of Birth: Akron, Ohio, United States

Date of Death: 29-Apr-2016

Profession: writer, children's writer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Jok Richard Church (November 28, 1949 – April 29, 2016) was an American cartoonist who created the Universal Press Syndicate syndicated comic strip You Can With Beakman and Jax, later adapted into the TV series Beakman's World.
The series premiered September 18, 1992, on The Learning Channel (TLC) cable network and in national syndication (225 stations, a freshman year record).
On September 18, 1993, it moved from national syndication to CBS Saturday morning children's lineup.
At the peak of its popularity, it was seen in nearly 90 countries around the world. He created his comic strip You Can with Beakman & Jax in 1991 for his local newspaper in Marin County, California—inspired by a stint answering kids' letters for Lucasfilm.
It was the first ever syndicated newspaper comic drawn and distributed by computer, a Macintosh SE using Adobe Illustrator-88.
The comic strip does not answer readers' questions directly; it gives directions for creating an experiment for one to discover the answer independently.His weekly newspaper feature was posted to his Twitter mini-blog page the week after newspapers have published it. Jok Church died in San Francisco from a heart attack on April 29, 2016.