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Meet Tim Rickard

Tim Rickard is an award-winning cartoonist, illustrator and graphic artist for the News & Record in Greensboro, N.C. He's also the creator of Brewster Rockit: Space Guy!, the hysterical space adventure strip syndicated by Tribune Media Services.

Rickard has worked as a freelance artist and cartoonist for newspapers, books, magazines and Web sites. After writing a popular 'Star Wars' parody, he was inspired to create a comic strip that combined the best elements of space adventure and humor. The bold and zany Brewster Rockit: Space Guy! was born.

The multi-talented Rickard has received numerous illustration and graphics awards, including 15 North Carolina Press Association awards (he received the first place awards for both illustration and graphics in 2004); four Society for News Design awards; and a Print magazine regional design award. He?s designed/illustrated more than three-dozen book covers and his humorous illustrations have appeared in numerous popular publications, including Better Homes and Gardens and The Washington Post.

Rickard graduated from Kentucky Wesleyan College with a Bachelor's degree in art. He's a member of Mensa, which means his remarkably large brain houses all sorts of inane science fiction facts -- ideal for creating Brewster Rockit: Space Guy

Rickard and his wife, Julie, have two daughters, Emma and Sophie.