Jim Borgman is drawing quite a crowd for his 25th anniversary celebration at The Enquirer.

        Garfield creator Jim Davis, For Better or Worse comic strip creator Lynn Johnston and a trio of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonists will participate in a roast and a meet-the-cartoonists public event here Oct. 13.

        Sharpening their pencils for the roast are fellow Pulitzer winners Mike Peters from the Dayton Daily News and Mother Goose and Grim; Mike Luckovich from the Atlanta Constitution; and Signe Wilkinson from the Philadelphia Daily News.

        Also on the dias will be Jeff Stahler from the Cincinnati Post and the Dear Dudley cartoon strip; Jerry Scott, co-creator of Baby Blues and Mr. Borgman's collaborator on Zits; and two family members, his brother, Tom, and son, Dylan.

        Enquirer columnists Jim Knippenberg and Laura Pulfer will emcee the gala, to benefit Kids Voting, at the Hyatt Regency Hotel downtown. Tickets are $125. Reservations: (513) 768-8112.

        Some of the cartoonists also will appear at a free “Cartoons in the Afternoon” program earlier that day at Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal.

        They will doodle and talk about their work during several panel discussions, and be available for free autographs.

        Mr. Borgman, 47, a Price Hill native, joined the Enquirer after graduating from Kenyon College in 1976. His editorial cartoons appear in about 200 newspapers.

        Zits, the adventures of teen Jeremy Duncan, has grown to nearly 1,000 newspapers worldwide in four years.

        Mr. Borgman has won every major award in his field, including a Pulitzer Prize (1991).

        The National Cartoonists Society has named him the “best editorial cartoonist in America” four times (1987-89, 1994). His fellow cartoonists also presented their highest honor, the Reuben Award for outstanding cartoonist of the year, to Mr. Borgman in 1993. Zits twice has been voted “best comic strip” by the National Cartoonists Society.

        Mr. Borgman also won the Sigma Delta Chi Award (1978, 1995); Thomas Nast Prize (1980), the Ohio Governor's Award (1989) and the National Headliner Award (1991).

        The Enquirer also will mark Mr. Borgman's anniversary with a 208-page book, Jim Borgman — 25 Years at The Enquirer. The retrospective, to be published this fall, will include his favorite cartoons and caricatures from his famous cartoon colleagues.

        Check out Jim Borgman's Web site at borgman.enquirer.com

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