All About Bob Weber, Jr.
September 1st, 2007 Kid Cartoonists Artwork
Bob Weber, Jr. was born in Baltimore, Maryland. As a child, he loved animals and planned to become a veterinarian. In 1976, he enrolled in the University of Maryland where he majored in biology. In his sophomore year, he transferred to a community college where he enrolled in drawing classes and joined the staff of the campus newspaper as a cartoon editor. In 1978, Weber began working as assistant cartoonist to his father - celebrated cartoonist Bob Weber - creator of Moose & Molly, also distributed by King Features Syndicate.
In 1981, he became a staff artist at King Features where he created Comics for Kids. At the same time, his cartoons were appearing in Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal and Reader’s Digest. In 1987, Weber launched Slylock Fox and Comics for Kids with King Features. By 1990, the demands of his feature were so great that he began to work full time from his home studio.
Weber receives hundreds of letters a week, many of them addressed to Slylock. He is thrilled by the positive reception generated by his character, a nonviolent fox who relies on his wits and logic. In addition to planning and drawing his strip, Weber visits his local library at least twice a week. “I spend all day going through magazines and the children’s book department,” he says.
Weber’s wife, Lisa, is a teacher. The couple live in Arizona, and have a daughter, Rachel; and a son, Jeffrey.
Click here to vist Bob’s Personal Photo Album on the SlylockFox website…
December 10th, 2007 at 11:25 pm
dear mr. weber
My name is Christopher of baton rouge,la. I am 17 years old since i was little i also loved animals and wanted to become a veterinarian but lately my major and ideas have changed. I would love to be come an artist and cartoonist like you. Please if u can help me reach my goal or have any ideas for me.
Thank you
February 15th, 2008 at 12:40 am
Two sundays ago, The fox thought the mouse/rat walked up to the porch in the rabbits foot prints and knocked him on the head with big stick.
I don’t think so:
1. The rat’s step length is much shorter than the distance between the foot prints.
2. the tiny rat could hardly be strong enough to lift the heavy branch and definitely not tall enough to hit the rabbit on the head with it.
February 15th, 2008 at 1:07 am
The rat easily leaped from footprint to footprint. The stick is not really very heavy for Rat (a character from Pearls Before Swine), and the length was just enough to reach the rabbit’s head. In any event, Rat will have his day in court, and perhaps Marv will argue in his defense.
August 12th, 2008 at 2:33 am
April 19th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I read some of your comics and found them enjoyable and hilarious!
i like your website, and all your cartoons!
sincerely,
Mari!
April 19th, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Thank you Mari!!!
Bob
April 26th, 2009 at 3:14 pm
Hi! I read you in the Times. Wanted to comment: On Sunday, April 26th, you had the trivia question: “Which one of these animals does not live in a hot, dry desert?” And the answer given was c) Iguana.
Hmmm - I’ve lived in Arizona & Southern California & I’m fairly certain iguanas do live in the desert. However Kangaroos live in grassland & scrubland, not hot, dry deserts.
This might be confusing lots of kids!
Perhaps a correction next week?
Overall, I enjoy your column, especially the Find Six Differences and How To Draw features.
May 2nd, 2009 at 7:56 am
I am confused by the Slylock Fox panel from Sunday 3 May 2009.
Without an elevator call button on the wall, with only an “up” arrow to indicate the elevator car was on the first floor; or without one of the numbers 1 thru 4 above the car to be lit indicating what floor the car was currently resting at…..I can see no indication to prove the car is actually on the first floor of this obvious four story building.
Whereas in early years, prior to air conditioning and humidity controls in today’s buildings, older exhibits were normally kept on the lowest floors to prevent accelerated deterioration.
A reply would be greatly appreciated.
July 21st, 2009 at 12:27 pm
In the Sunday, July 12th, 2009 trivia question, you’ve asked “Which of the following correctly finishes the sentence: All spiders…” . You’ve stated that the answers are a), c), and e). Lay eggs, have eight legs, and spin silken threads, respectively. Male spiders do not lay eggs and though all spiders have spinnerets, not all spin silken threads w/ them. The only correct answer is c) have eight legs, and even that can be considered a push if you wanna get technical. Anyway, I’ve read your strip since I was just a child, since you first began w/ it in 1987. I was 7 years old then. I’ve read the strip ever since, and finished the puzzles every time I look through the comics section on Sunday. I’ve never seen an incorrect trivia question.. in over 2 decades. I erupted into laughter at the though of thread-spinning, egg-laying, nomadic male spiders. xD
Ty for the lifetime of entertainment and laughter. ~SyKo
July 11th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
The answer to the Slylock Fox Mystery for today (Sunday, 11 July, 2010) is unfortunately incorrect. I am surprised Slylock himself did not detect it.
The stork is obviously the burglar - NOT the frog.
The tracks are in a stepping pattern (one foot after the next), whereas the frog is obviously innocent, as his footprints would leave a trail of “hops”, with both feet parallel to each other at each hop.
The right- and left-footedness of each character can not be determined from the picture.
Let me know what you think…..
Chuck