Jack Ziegler was born on 13 July 1942 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Kelli Gunter and ???. He died on 29 March 2017 in Kansas City, Kansas, USA.
Over 1,600 of his cartoons have been published in the New Yorker magazine, starting in 1974. His work has been donated to Ohio State University's Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum.