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John McKissick, Jr. was born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 20, 1972. He was born to Flora McKissick, a factory worker and John, Sr. a maintenance man and carpenter. Throughout his life they showed their kids that hard work pays off. Those lessons helped develop him into the actor, voice actor, director, producer, and songwriter that he is today.
John started writing at a young age. As he got older he had a passion and love for how sitcoms, movies and cartoons where created. He knew this is what he wanted to do for a living; to entertain people.
John said he felt he was getting a front row seat in school when he would watch Goodtimes, Three’s Company, The Cosby Show, Fat Albert, Martin etc. Learning storylines dialog, and character development is how he studied his favorite shows.
John credits most of his humor from his family. He said that his holiday gatherings with family were like sitting in a room full of comedians. You had to be sharp and on your A game or you would be the punch line of the jokes.
In March 2007 John had an idea for a cartoon called the “Southwick Gang Adventures”. After walking in on his nieces and nephews watching an adult rated cartoon (South Park), John thought it would be fun to produce a cartoon that chronicles the life of LJ and his family adventures in the Southwick housing projects. John lived in Southwick and patterned the characters from his real life as a kid. With perseverance he developed a hilarious cartoon that can help kids with real life problems and keep them laughing at the same time.
“Southwick Gang Adventures” is created and written by John Mckissick Jr., and the first project produced by Noir Ink Entertainment, in which he is CEO.
Noir Ink Entertainment is a film and television company est. in 2009. Our goal is to produce quality sitcoms, films and cartoons. That make a difference.