J. R. Williams

James Robert Williams (March 30, 1888 – June 17, 1957) was a Canadian cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel Out Our Way. As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and saved than were other newspaper comics. A newspaper promotion of 1930 compared him to poets Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley.

This article is about the Canadian-American comic strip cartoonist. For the American alternative cartoonist, see J. R. Williams (comics).
For the Union steamboat captured by Confederate forces in Oklahoma, see Ambush of the steamboat J. R. Williams.
J. R. Williams
J. R. Williams and his horse Lizard
Born(1888-03-30)30 March 1888
Nova Scotia, Canada
Died17 June 1957(1957-06-17) (aged 69)
Pasadena, California
NationalityCanadian
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Out Our Way
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