W. Paul Pim
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William Paul Pim (born December 1, 1885 in Freeport, Pennsylvania, died July 26, 1950 in Birmingham) was a cartoonist and art professor.
Pim graduated from the Cabot Institute, studied photo engraving at Bissell College, and attended the John Huntington Polytechnic Institute. Pim taught commercial art at Birmingham-Southern College from 1922 until 1931. He provided the illustrations for the Book of Birmingham. In 1930, he created the syndicated feature cartoons Baby Mine and Telling Tommy and was employed as the cartoonist for the Birmingham News. He also established W. Paul Pim's Advertising Art Studio.
Pim died in 1950 and is interred at Forest Hill Cemetery alongside his wife, Lenna.
External links
W. Paul Pim at findagrave.com