Bruce
Blitz started as the boy who drew funny pictures of the principal
at school, he says "somebody had to do it"! Now he appears at numerous
school assembly programs demonstrating his cartooning skills to everyone
to rave reviews (including from the principal)! He has been drawing
professionally for more than twenty years. He was born in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania and now resides in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.
Blitz is the creator and host of the national and international Television
Series, "Blitz on Cartooning". He was rewarded with four Emmy-nominations
for his show. As the host of this unique program, he demonstrates
how to draw; interviews celebrity guests like Dr. Joyce Brothers,
John Cullen Murphy who draws the long running comic strip Prince Valiant,
Denis Lebrun of the comic strip Blondie, takes the viewer to draw
cartoons on locations such as Busch Gardens in Tampa Florida, the
aquarium and much more.
Bruce, author of many art instructional books and producer of a series
of instructional videos, has appeared on The Joan Rivers Show, drawn
cartoons on the Discovery Channel's hit show, "Start to Finish", and
the QVC Shopping Network. His formal training was spent at the Tyler
Art School, a division of Temple University, Weist-Barron Television
Acting School and Combs College of Music, but admits to being mostly
self-taught having worked in a wide variety of artisic fields. He
has operated his own animation company in Philadelphia and later in
Las Vegas, where he produced cartoon television commercials and animated
sequences. Blitz, an accomplished musician performing on piano and
organ, also wrote and perfomed all of the music for his instructional
videos as well as his Television Series. His TV music was nominated
for an Emmy award. Blitz is also noted for his caricature work and
has appeared at trade shows, conventions, vacation resorts and the
1982 World's Fair in Knoxville Tennessee.