Kerry G. Johnson


Kerry G. Johnson is an American cartoonist, graphic designer, art director, caricaturist and children's book illustrator. He specializes in caricatures but has created cartoons, illustrations, and digital content creation in his career in brand development, strategic communications, and publication design.
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Early life and education

He was born in Nashville, Tennessee on September 30, 1966. He attended Hillsboro Comprehensive High School, Columbus College of Art and Design and Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Johnson is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity. He currently resides in Columbia, Maryland.

Career

Other career milestones include his role as a senior graphic designer at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and working as an adjunct professor at the Maryland Institute College of Art also located in Baltimore.
He has worked for various news outlets including:

Johnson's Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson caricature

In April 2022, Kerry G. Johnson designed a digital caricature illustration honoring Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson and her historic confirmation to the U.S. Supreme Court. The popular caricature by the artist became widely shared and reproduced on the internet. Kerry G. Johnson retains the copyright to the artwork © 2022 - All Rights Reserved
In 2005, he illustrated a coloring book about famous physicists for the American Physical Society. In 2005, he designed the official logo for the American Physical Society.
In May 2008, he debuted his webcomic, Harambee Hills. Harambee Hills is a diverse webcomic that follows the life observations of Gerard and those of his modern African-American family, co-workers and wacky neighbors of Harambee Hills, a fictional suburban neighborhood outside Washington, D.C. The webcomic’s characters often provided commentary on pop culture, entertainment, sports and top news stories.
He is the co-creator of the science-based teen superhero SPECTRA. Spectra, the main character, is also the mascot for Laserfest 2010, a yearlong celebration of the 50th anniversary of the laser. In 2011, Johnson worked with writer Rebecca Thompson and published their third comic book, Spectra, The Original Laserfest ''Superhero, for the PhysicsCentral.com web site.
In August 2018, he was interviewed by Al Jazeera America regarding the 50th birthday of Peanuts'' comic strip. Franklin and he provided commentary on the status of modern-day African-American cartoonists.

List of contributions

His cartoons, illustrations, and graphics have appeared in these newspapers:
Additionally, his work has appeared in magazines, web sites and other national media outlets including 60 Minutes, USA Today, KRT, and Gannett News Service.

Awards and honors

Kerry G. Johnson has won over 20 Awards for his work in graphic design, illustration, and community service, including:
He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity, the National Cartoonists Society, the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, the National Association of Black Journalists, the National Caricaturist Network, American Institute of Graphic Arts
He currently lives in Columbia, Maryland with his wife.

Books

Is He Still There? by Monet Clements 2020I Am Love: A Book About The Meaning of Love by Alero Afejuku 2020Little Brown Baby Nursery Rhymes 2020Believing In Myself! by Erica Pullen 2018Princess Tyler Meets the Big Storytelling Fsiry 2015You Can't Move an Elephant in One Day 2012Soap & Bubbles 2012
  • PhysicsQuest 2008: 2008
  • SPECTRA #1: The American Physical Society introduces, 2009
  • SPECTRA #2: SPECTRA'S 2010
  • SPECTRA #3: 2011
  • SPECTRA #4: 2012SPECTRA #5: 2013SPECTRA #6: 2014
  • Illustrated by Kerry G. Johnson; text by Alan Chodos, PhD, Jessica Clark, PhD and Kendra Rand