Barry Rumple – RIP
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Editorial cartoonist Barry Rumple has passed away.
Barry Townsend Rumple, Jr.
January 31, 1947 – December 5, 2025
After high school he served in the US Army from 1965-1969 and was a veteran of the Vietnam War.
After the war, Barry then attended and graduated from Scranton University and Spectrum Art Institute in Belle Mead NJ. He enjoyed a long career as an Editorial Cartoonist with the Somerset Messenger Gazette and the Hunterdon County Democrat newspapers.
Barry is remembered by Mike Deak of MyCentralJersey.com (or here):
Barry was an editorial cartoonist for Somerset Press, publisher of weekly newspapers here in Central Jersey, and its shrinking mutations before finally succumbing to corporate euthanasia.
Barry was a mischievous talent whose editorial cartoons were a rarity in community weekly newspapers. The New Jersey Press Association awards we won for editorial pages were not because of my turgid editorials or self-indulgent columns, but because of Barry’s cartoons.
He knew the mantra that all decent editorialists live by, “afflict the comfortable and comfort the afflicted.” Barry worked remarkably quickly, especially if it was the rare editorial that was relatively well-written, cogent and strove to make a serious point.
The editorial cartoons were only part of his job. Most of his time was spent composing ads when newspapers still had ads, a frustrating task when he had to deal with ungrateful and persnickety ad reps.
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