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Tuesday, August 16, 2022

What it Takes to be a Political Cartoonist?

What it Takes to be a Political Cartoonist?

A conversation with Matt Wuerker

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

Please note - you will receive instructions about how to join the event two (2) hours before the event is scheduled to begin. Captioning will be provided. For ASL interpreters and other reasonable accommodation requests, please contact DCPLaccess@dc.gov or call 202-727-2142.

This event is a production of the Labs at DC Public Library. Click here for more information and sign up to receive email updates from the Labs. 


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.   

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