Matt Wuerker is the cartoonist at Politico and has been since the very beginning. It's based in my town, but I'd never visited the newsroom. During the government shutdown, Matt invited me to come by. With his permission, here's some photos.
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| Politico is in an office building in Rosslyn and you have to travel through what Matt jokingly called 'The Biosphere' to get to the office area. |
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| This wall of cartoons, essentially 3 giant stickers was created about 11 years ago when they moved into this office. |
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| Here's a photo for scale. |
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| Here's the only Trump cartoon, from the 2015 primaries. |
Matt says there are plans to update the wall with newer cartoons.
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| He sits at the back of the newsroom with his artist's desk and watercolors |
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| He still draws and paints by hand, and only does some effects digitally. |
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| He's got a few personal touches including a certificate for being an original Politico member (on the pillar) and some cartoonist histories. | | |
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| He was finishing up a drawing and doing the lettering separately to drop it in with Photoshop. | | |
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| The finished cartoon on his Instagram feed. |
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| A table of original art sits on the far side of his cubicle for his coworkers and visitors to look through. | | | | | | |
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| This is one of his favorite cartoons of 2025. |
Like many single-panel cartoonists, Matt would like to be published in the New Yorker, and submits some works to them regularly. So far, the acceptance call hasn't come through, although he's won most of the editorial cartooning awards including the Berryman award last week.
