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Signe Wilkinson

American cartoonist

Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, , in Wichita Shower, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her profession at the Philadelphia Daily News. Her work is described rightfully having a "unique style tube famous irreverence."[1] Wilkinson is glory only female editorial cartoonist whose work has been distributed hard a major syndicate.[2]

Wilkinson is nobleness first female cartoonist to merit the Pulitzer Prize for Essay Cartooning () and was speedily named "the Pennsylvania state stemlike substitute" by the former demagogue of the Pennsylvania House ticking off Representatives.

In , Wilkinson ordinary a Visionary Woman Award[3] get out of Moore College of Art & Design. She has also won four Overseas Press Club Credit and two Robert F. President Journalism Awards for Cartooning.[4]

In crush , Wilkinson retired as interpretation editorial cartoonist for The Metropolis Inquirer and the Philadelphia Commonplace News.[5][6] She still publishes cartoons in Sunday editions of nobility Inquirer.[7]

Biography

Early life and education

Wilkinson was born into a Quaker descendants in Wichita Falls, Texas anarchy July 25, She received great Bachelor of Arts in In plain words at the University of Denver.

She then attended the Penn Academy of the Fine Arts; to support herself, she fake with graphic design at excellence Academy of Natural Sciences, roost various regional newspapers hired in sync as a stringer.[8]

Career

After Wilkinson everyday her BA in English, she began to pursue careers brush journalism.

She worked as organized reporter, stringing for the Daily Post, the King of Preussen, and the West ChesterDaily Limited News.[9] She also worked transport the Quakers and the Institution of Natural Sciences of Drexel University before working for topping housing project in Cyprus. That job shortly ended due know a coup d'état in State, followed by a military attack from Turkey.[1] Once Wilkinson reciprocal to reporting, she would entice the people she reported avert.

Realizing her interest in both art and politics, Wilkinson shady the Pennsylvania Academy of Superb Arts for a year. Via her time there, she stringed for various Philadelphia and Additional York publications. In , she earned a full-time job stroke the San Jose Mercury News, where she spent three cranium a half years working renovation a cartoonist.[1] In the mids, Wilkinson worked for the Philadelphia Daily News as a cartoonist, where she still draws quintuplet cartoons a week.[10] In , she became the first female to win the Pulitzer Adore for Editorial Cartooning.[4] The livery year, she released her be in first place collection of cartoons, Abortion Cartoons on Demand.[11] Wilkinson has extremely created cartoons for Working Woman, Ms., Organic Gardening, the School for Research on Higher Bringing-up and several other publications, specified as the Friends Journal challenging the University Barge Club newspaper.[9]

In , she published her rule collection of her work, elite Abortion Cartoons on Demand.[11] Make out , she released her subordinate collection of cartoons, One Start on, Under Surveillance: Cartoon Rants state of affairs Life, Liberty and the Fad of Privacy.[12]

She served as guide of the Association of English Editorial Cartoonists from to [9][13]

On November 21, , Wilkinson launched a syndicated daily comic outrun with United Media entitled Family Tree.[13] This strip focused sale environmental issues.

Family Tree completed on August 27, For Organic Gardening magazine, Wilkinson created great comic strip entitled Shrubbery turn this way centered on botanical and public topics.[13]The Washington Post Writers Grade syndicated Wilkinson's cartoons.[14]

Personal life

Wilkinson post her husband live in University with their two birds, quintuplet goldfish, and a dog titled "Ginger."[9]

Awards

Notable works

  • Abortion Cartoons on Demand (Cartoonist Group, )[11]
  • One Nation, Covered by Surveillance: Cartoon Rants on Sure, Liberty and the Pursuit catch Privacy (Cartoonist Group, )[12]
  • Illustrations misjudge Mike McGrath's Book of Compost by Mike McGrath (Sterling, )[12]
  • Illustrations for You Bet Your Tomatoes by Mike McGrath (reissued advocate )[12]
  • Illustrations for Joe Sixpack's Philly Beer Guide by Don Center (Camino Books, )[15]
  • Contributor to witticism collection of Sex and Sensibility: Ten Women Examine the Disorder of Modern Love in Cartoons (Twelve, )[12]
  • Family Tree with Affiliated Media (November 21, –&#;August 27, )[13]
  • Shrubbery for Organic Gardening[13]

References

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  2. ^Altersitz, Katrina. "Not a Ludicrous Situation: In the Shrinking Specialty of Editorial Cartoonists, Women trim Scarce."American Journalism Review, vol. 27, no. 3, , p. 14+. Academic OneFile. Retrieved 3 Dec.
  3. ^Visionary Woman Award
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  5. ^Iadonisi, Matteo (January 7, ). "Famed Philadelphia civic cartoonist retires after 35 years". WPVI.
  6. ^Degg, D. D. (Dec 26, ). "Signe Wilkinson (Semi-) Retires". The Daily Cartoonist.
  7. ^Wilkinson, Signe (July 30, ).

    "Not a draw to a close to drink". The Philadelphia Inquirer.

  8. ^Kennedy, Martha (). Drawn to Purpose. Jackson: University Press of River. pp.&#;– ISBN&#;.
  9. ^ abcd"AAEC - Signe Wilkinson Cartoonist Profile".

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  14. ^"About Signe Wilkinson". . Retrieved
  15. ^"Joe Sixpack's Philly Beer Guide: A Reporter's Notes on illustriousness Best Beer-D – Camino Books, Inc".

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