# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jay-lynch
# Generated: 2026-08-12T23:22:45.737Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jay-lynch"
name: "Jay Lynch"
slug: "jay-lynch"
description: "Jay Patrick Lynch was an American cartoonist who played a key role in the underground comix movement with his Bijou Funnies and other titles. He is best known for his comic strip Nard n' Pat and the running gag Um tut sut. His work is sometimes signed Jayzey Lynch. Lynch was the main writer for Bazooka Joe comics from 1967 to 1990; he contributed to Mad, and in the 2000s expanded into the children's book field."
tagline: "American cartoonist (1945–2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/10.11.14JayLynchByLuigiNovi1.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1945-01-07"
deathDate: "2017-03-05"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           40.92
  momentum:             0
  historical:           7.477610666666666
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     55.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.mindspring.com/~jaylynch"
sources:
  - url: "https://www.discogs.com/artist/3277722"
    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%8A_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "جاي لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%88%D9%86%D8%B4"
    title: "جاى لونش"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lynch"
    title: "Jay Lynch"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163241"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump