Don Wright, a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose pointed work punctured duplicity and pomposity and resonated with common-sense readers, died on March 24 at his home in Palm Beach, Fla. He was 90. His death was confirmed by his wife, Carolyn Wright, a fellow journalist. In a 45-year career,
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Al Jaffee, longtime 'Mad Magazine' cartoonist, dies at 102
Mad Magazine cartoonist Al Jaffee attends an event to honor veteran contributors to the magazine at the Savannah College of Art and Design and the National Cartoonists Society on Oct. 11, 2011, in Savannah, Ga. Jaffee died Monday at the age of 102. Stephen Morton/AP hide caption toggle caption Stephen
Jean-Jacques Sempé, Cartoonist of Droll Whimsy, Dies at 89
Jean-Jacques Sempé, the French cartoonist known in America for children’s book illustrations and for covers for The New Yorker portraying tiny, gentle people with big noses at poignant moments, often dwarfed by monumental backgrounds, died on Thursday. He was 89. His wife, Martine Gossieaux Sempé, announced the death to Agence
Paul Coker, Cartoonist at Mad for Almost Six Decades, Dies at 93
Paul Coker, a cartoonist who was best known for using monsters to parody clichés in Mad magazine over many decades and for creating the look of animated television characters, like Frosty the Snowman, died on July 23 at his home in Santa Fe, N.M. He was 93. The death was
Neglected No Extra: Barbara Shermund, Flapper-Period Cartoonist
This text is a part of Neglected, a sequence of obituaries about outstanding folks whose deaths, starting in 1851, went unreported in The Instances. Within the mid-Twenties, Harold Ross, the founding father of a brand new journal known as The New Yorker, was in search of cartoonists who may create
For many years, cartoonist Ray Billingsley has depicted Black household life in 'Curtis'
Curtis creator Ray Billingsley works in his dwelling studio in Stamford, Conn. Ray Billingsley cover caption toggle caption Ray Billingsley Curtis creator Ray Billingsley works in his dwelling studio in Stamford, Conn. Ray Billingsley Ray Billingsley’s story is certainly one of nice tenacity and fervour. A veteran cartoonist and comedian