Jack Marshall II is a Professional Cartoonist, Juvenile Probation Officer, High School Boys Soccer Coach and an Estimator for Marion Steel.  He teaches at the Community School of the Arts as a cartoon instructor for all ages. He has been an instructor for CSA for over 8 years.

Jack was reared in Marion, IN and has lived here since his birth. He graduated from Marion High school and went on to graduate from Indiana University with a BA in Psychology and Behavioral Sciences.

Jack enjoys drawing cartoons as well as teaching classes to help others. Jack’s constant message to any inspiring cartoonist is to practice, practice and practice. Further, he suggests to his students to trace anything they can over and over as most successful drawing comes from muscle memory. Growing up, Jack recalls not being able to draw a stick figure well but continued practicing and practicing seeing as how this was a passion of his. He has seen students in his class, who are far better than he ever was at their age, and continues to reinforce to them the need for constant repetition to sharpen their skills and not to ever become discouraged to the point of quitting.

Jack has been published in a Magazine called the UNKOWN. He developed a comic strip known as FILE 13 that ran in this magazine which was circulated worldwide and was sold in stores such as Barnes and Noble, Amazon and Borders to name just a few.

He was been working on this comic strip for the last several years for syndication that has made it thru several screening processes but seems to always lack that extra something in the final process. His work has been critiqued by Brad Bushel, Jim Davis’ agent for Garfield, whom suggested that the comics submitted are very close to a homerun but needs that something extra. Jack continues to pursue his childhood dream by not giving up and continuing to re-submit his strip FILE 13. In addition, Jack is almost ready to submit another comic strip that has been in the making for over 8 years known as OVER THE EDGE. Jack is most proud of this strip and is hopeful this would be the one to push him through to the next level.

 In his spare time, whenever that happens, Jack draws caricatures for people as well as celebrities. His most proud moments include giving Mark Lowery, a well known Christian comedian and singer a caricature as well as giving Lisa Marie Presley, pop singer, a caricature. During the exchange of the drawings to Lisa, it was hoped Lisa would sign two of the three caricatures that Jack drew. The caricatures all had different hair color highlights and as it turns out, Lisa liked all three of the drawings and signed only one and kept the other two. Oh well, beggars can’t be choosers.

Jack invites all ages to his classes. He has taught a 6 year old who had skills beyond his age as well as a surgeon who enjoyed cartooning. Jack remembers having this surgeon in his class and teaching him some cartooning skills, though this doctor was very good prior to the class and this doctor ended up sharing some skills with Jack when he had to do an emergency surgery on him. So you never know where the world of cartooning will lead you.

 Remember those who try may fail but those who never try already have!