Scott Brian Stantis (born May 2, 1959) is an American
editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary. Their cartoons are used to convey and question an aspect of daily news or curren ...
.
Career
Stantis is currently the editorial cartoonist for ''
The Chicago Tribune
The ''Chicago Tribune'' is a daily newspaper based in Chicago, Illinois, United States, owned by Tribune Publishing. Founded in 1847, and formerly self-styled as the "World's Greatest Newspaper" (a slogan for which WGN radio and television ar ...
''. He began his career with ''The Chicago Tribune'' on September 1, 2009, following the paper's nine-year search to replace
Jeff MacNelly
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, who died in June 2000. Stantis was previously a staff cartoonist for ''
The Birmingham News
''The Birmingham News'' is the principal newspaper for Birmingham, Alabama, United States. The paper is owned by Advance Publications and was a daily newspaper from its founding through September 30, 2012. After that day, the ''News'' and its tw ...
'', ''
The Orange County Register
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'', ''
The Commercial Appeal
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'', ''
The Arizona Republic
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'', and the ''
Grand Rapids Press
''The Grand Rapids Press'' is a daily newspaper published in Grand Rapids, Michigan. It is the largest of the eight Booth newspapers. It is sold for $1.50 daily and $7.99 on Sunday.
AccuWeather provides weather content to the ''Grand Rapids ...
,'' and did weekly cartoons for ''
USA Today
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''.
His editorial cartoons are
syndicated to over 400 newspapers via
Tribune Content Agency
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.
He usually espouses a
conservative
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or
libertarian stance in his cartoons, calling himself a "contrarian".
He was president of the
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With nearly 200 members, it ...
2003–2004.
He has also created several comic strips:
* ''
Sydney'' (1985–1986; through
United Media
United Media was a large editorial column and comic strip newspaper syndication service based in the United States, owned by the E. W. Scripps Company, that operated from 1978 to 2011. It syndicated 150 comics and editorial columns worldwide. It ...
)
* ''
The Buckets'' (1990–present; originally through
Tribune Media Services
Tribune Content Agency (TCA) is a syndication company owned by Tribune Publishing. TCA had previously been known as the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate (CTNYNS), Tribune Company Syndicate, and Tribune Media S ...
, later through United Media)
* ''
Prickly City
''Prickly City'' is a daily comic strip originally drawn by Scott Stantis, the editorial cartoonist for the ''Chicago Tribune'', and distributed through United Features Syndicate. The cartoon follows the adventures of Carmen, a young girl of col ...
'' (2004–present; through
Universal Press Syndicate
Universal Press Syndicate (UPS), a subsidiary of Andrews McMeel Universal, was an independent press syndicate. It distributed lifestyle and opinion columns, comic strips and other content. Popular columns include Dear Abby, Ann Coulter, Roger Ebe ...
).
Stantis has also assisted
Bob Thaves
Robert Thaves (October 5, 1924 – August 1, 2006) was the creator of the comic strip '' Frank and Ernest'', which began in 1972.
Early life
Robert Lee Thaves was born on October 5, 1924, in Burt, Iowa, where his father, John, published local ne ...
on his comic-strip ''
King Baloo''.
In 2001 Stantis hosted a short-lived afternoon talk show on one of Birmingham's local talk stations, WYDE 850 AM, after guest-hosting some of the station's other shows.
Personal life
Stantis attended Los Angeles Harbor College in Wilmington, California, and studied under intellectual William Loiterman at Los Angeles Harbor College before attending California State University, Long Beach. He and his wife of over 30 years, Janien Fadich-Stantis, have two sons.
References
External links
Scott Stantis' blog''Prickly City''*
1959 births
Living people
American comics artists
American editorial cartoonists
American libertarians
Presidents of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
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