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Sesame Street comic by Cliff Roberts

Cliff Roberts (1929-1999) was a cartoonist and animator who worked on inserts for Sesame Street as well as the Sesame Street Comic Strip and Sesame Street Magazine. Roberts spent much of his early career in New York City as a freelance commercial artist and director. He also worked as a photographer, with work displayed at the 1964 World's Fair, and contributed cartoons to Playboy and New Yorker. He soon became a popular designer for animation, creating character model sheets for Terrytoons and UPA projects. Roberts' style, reflecting his commercial illustration background, involved flat but appealing forms and a minimal color palate; most of his characters were white blobs with occasional splashes of color.

For Sesame Street, Roberts created Jasper and Julius, the two characters who would engage in debates over body parts. Jasper and Julius were brought over to Roberts' Sesame Street strip, along with Big Bird and Oscar the Grouch. Roberts later worked on such Saturday morning series as The Smurfs, Scooby-Doo, and The Pink Panther, and illustrated the Langston Hughes book The First Book of Jazz. He retired in 1993.

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-'''Cliff Roberts''' (1929-[[1999]]) was a cartoonist and animator who worked on inserts for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' as well as the [[Sesame Street Comic Strip]] and ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]''. Roberts spent much of his early career in [[New York City]] as a freelance commercial artist and director. He also worked as a photographer, with work displayed at the [[1964]] World's Fair, and contributed cartoons to ''Playboy'' and ''New Yorker''.
+'''Cliff Roberts''' (1929-[[1999]]) was a cartoonist and animator who worked on inserts for ''[[Sesame Street]]'' as well as the [[Sesame Street Comic Strip]] and ''[[Sesame Street Magazine]]''. Roberts spent much of his early career in [[New York City]] as a freelance commercial artist and director. He also worked as a photographer, with work displayed at the [[1964]] World's Fair, and contributed cartoons to ''Playboy'' and ''New Yorker''. He soon became a popular designer for animation, creating character model sheets for Terrytoons and UPA projects. Roberts' style, reflecting his commercial illustration background, involved flat but appealing forms and a minimal color palate; most of his characters were white blobs with occasional splashes of color.
-For ''Sesame Street'', Roberts created [[Jasper and Julius]], the two characters who would engage in debates over body parts and objects, as well as other animated shorts using a squiggly, minimalist style. Jasper and Julius were brought over to Roberts' ''Sesame Street'' strip, along with [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]. Roberts later worked on such Saturday morning series as ''[[The Smurfs]]'', ''Scooby-Doo'', and ''[[The Pink Panther]]'', and illustrated the Lagnston Hughes book ''The First Book of Jazz''. He retired in [[1993]].
+For ''Sesame Street'', Roberts created [[Jasper and Julius]], the two characters who would engage in debates over body parts. Jasper and Julius were brought over to Roberts' ''Sesame Street'' strip, along with [[Big Bird]] and [[Oscar the Grouch]]. Roberts later worked on such Saturday morning series as ''[[The Smurfs]]'', ''Scooby-Doo'', and ''[[The Pink Panther]]'', and illustrated the Langston Hughes book ''The First Book of Jazz''. He retired in [[1993]].
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