James W. Babcock, 1919/1920-2007

Jim Babcock, a longtime illustrator and sports cartoonist for the Sacramento Bee and Modesto Bee, died on June 23 following a period of despondency after losing his wife of 61 years several weeks earlier. Babcock was born in northern California and attended the Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles. An aerial photographer during World War II, he declined a job offer from the Disney Studios and eventually found himself in the Sacramento area at the beginning of the 1950s. In addition to illustrating articles, he made a Sunday historical cartoon called California Nuggets and created the popular Friday sports feature Sportoons, for which he drew separate entries for the Sacramento and Modesto newspapers. It is for that feature that Babcock is best remembered. He retired in 1983.

Jim Babcock was 87 years old. He is survived by a son, David, and two grandchildren.
 
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