Meet Jim Cox

Jim Cox has spent over 25 years as a cartoonist, creating single-panel humor for magazines, newsletters, and publications nationwide. In 2021 he created the comic strip Tex & Clem, and in 2022 he added editorial cartooning to his repertoire — quickly earning four National Newspaper Association Foundation Awards for Best Original Editorial Cartoons along the way.

Jim grew up in a small Texas town not unlike the one Tex and Clem call home, and that upbringing shows up in almost everything he draws — a respect for hard work, a healthy suspicion of anyone who talks too much, and an ear for the kind of humor that only comes from actually knowing your neighbors.

Today, Jim creates original gag cartoons, editorial cartoons, and the Tex & Clem comic strip for magazines, newspapers, publishers, and organizations across the country, while continuing to build CoxToons into a home for readers, editors, and collectors alike.