Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial
cartoonist and comics artist.
After studying at the
Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the ''
Cub Californian,'' he was hired for the ''
Los Angeles Times
The ''Los Angeles Times'' (abbreviated as ''LA Times'') is a daily newspaper that started publishing in Los Angeles in 1881. Based in the LA-adjacent suburb of El Segundo since 2018, it is the sixth-largest newspaper by circulation in the U ...
'' as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, ''Rollo Rollingstone'' (for
AP Newsfeatures) during the early 1930s. In 1934 he became the lead cartoonist for the ''Times,'' a position he held until his death of a heart attack.
Russell won the annual
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning
The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning awarded from 1922 t ...
in 1946. His winning cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions."
His papers are held at University of California, Los Angeles.
See also
References
External links
*
Lambiek Comiclopedia article.
1903 births
1963 deaths
American editorial cartoonists
American comics artists
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners
University of California, Los Angeles alumni
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