Jack Kent

Jack Kent was an American cartoonist and children's book illustrator,best known for the comic strip King Aroo.Jack Kent wrote and illustrated about 40 children's books during his career and illustrated nearly 20 by other authors. He began his career as a free-lance commercial artist, created a comic strip "King Aroo" which was syndicated from 1950 to 1965. He took up writing and illustrating children's books in 1968 and continued until his death in 1985.