Ed Harris
(~1914 - 22nd December, 2003)
Ed Harris was a commercial illustrator and performed as chalk-talker from Minneapolis, Minnesota. He was introduced to magic by his father Arthur, a professional magician. Drawing was his passion and so his father introduced him to chalk-talk, built him his first easel, and they performed together as "Arthur Harris and Son - Entertainers!"
He created the angled "Wheaties" logo that has appeared on boxes of cereal worldwide. In 1965, Ed started a business he called Magic-Art, supplying magicians with camera-ready clip-art kits for producing posters, flyers, postcards, letterheads, and ads. He had a column in New Tops called TricKartoons. He wrote several books on cartooning and chalk-talking, such as Comic Trick Cartoons (1972), A Fun Filled Portfolio of Cartoon Magic (1973), Chalk-talkers Comic Trickartoons (1977), 40 Fun Chalk-Talk Gags (1981), Chalk Talk Stunts for the Clown (1989), Mystery Bill, Twelve Amazing Magic Tricks You Can Do, and illustrated magic books (for Karrell Fox) and catalogs.
Obits in Magic Magazine 2004, March, p 25; MUM, April, 2004. Bio sketch in New Tops December, 1972.
