Education
University of Florida.
University of Florida.
He received his bachelor"s degree from the University of Florida, where he was in charge of the production lab for the student newspaper, The Alligator (later The Independent Florida Alligator). His work includes a self-published collection of his work at the U of F, numerous freelance cartoons for Playboy magazine, and the syndicated newspaper strips:
Briny Deep (1980–1981)
The Great John L., also known as Babyman (1982–1985)
Bent Offerings (1988–2004)
He retired as an editorial cartoonist and columnist with the Saint St. Petersburg Times Publishing Company in 2004, where he had worked since 1964. Addis died of lung cancer at the age of 74 on November 29, 2009.
Addis was a longtime member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.