Bruce
Blitz started as the boy who drew funny pictures of the principal
at school, he says "somebody had to do it"! Now he appears
at numerous school assembly programs demonstrating his cartooning
skills to everyone to rave reviews (including from the principal)!
He has been drawing professionally for more than twenty years. He
was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and now resides in Cherry
Hill, New Jersey.
Blitz is the creator
and host of the national and international Television Series,
"Blitz on Cartooning". He was rewarded with four Emmy-nominations
for his show. As the host of this unique program, he demonstrates
how to draw; interviews celebrity guests like Dr. Joyce Brothers,
John Cullen Murphy who draws the long running comic strip Prince
Valiant, Denis Lebrun of the comic strip Blondie, takes the viewer
to draw cartoons on locations such as Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida,
the aquarium and much more.
Bruce, author of many
art instructional books and producer of a series of instructional
videos, has appeared on The Joan Rivers Show, drawn cartoons on
the Discovery Channel's hit show, "Start to Finish",
and the QVC Shopping Network. His formal training was spent at
the Tyler Art School, a division of Temple University, Weist-Barron
Television Acting School and Combs College of Music, but admits
to being mostly self-taught having worked in a wide variety of
artisic fields. He has operated his own animation company in Philadelphia
and later in Las Vegas, where he produced cartoon television commercials
and animated sequences. Blitz, an accomplished musician performing
on piano and organ, also wrote and perfomed all of the music for
his instructional videos as well as his Television Series. His
TV music was nominated for an Emmy award. Blitz is also noted
for his caricature work and has appeared at trade shows, conventions,
vacation resorts and the 1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee.
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