What it Takes to be a Political Cartoonist?
A conversation with Matt Wuerker
Wednesday, August 17
6:30pm - 7:30pm
An online conversation with Matt Wuerker, a Pulitzer Prize winner for editorial cartooning. Registration is required.
Join us for a discussion with Matt Wuerker, Politico's editorial cartoonist, about his passion for political cartooning as a form or storytelling and social commentary. Registration is required.
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About the Author
Matt Wuerker is a political cartoonist based in Washington DC. He was an original staff member for Politico where he works as the staff cartoonist and illustrator.
He has be awarded the National Press Foundation's Berryman Prize, the Herblock Prize and was the recipient of the Pulitzer Prize in 2012.
Prior to Politico he was a successful freelance cartoonist, illustrator and animator. Over the past 40 years his cartoons have been published in dozens of newspapers and magazines. His work is syndicated internationally by Andrews McMeel Syndicate and the Cartoonist Group.
A former president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, he serves on the board of the Herb Block Foundation and is president of the board for Cartoonist Rights Network.
AGE GROUP: | Seniors | Adults | 13 - 19 Years Old (Teens) |
EVENT TYPE: | The Labs at DC Public Library | Educational Program | Author Talk |
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