Ward Sutton is an American illustrator, cartoonist and

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born in

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and based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His comic strip, "Sutton Impact" (formerly "Schlock 'n' Roll"), was published in ''

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'' from 1995 to 2007. In 2018, Sutton won the Herblock Prize for his work. Sutton's editorial cartoons have appeared regularly in the ''

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'' since 2008.

Career

Sutton has contributed cartoons and illustrations to the op-ed pages of ''

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'' and to ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He also illustrates and writes a parody

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for ''

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'' under the pseudonym of "Stan Kelly", depicting the wrong-headed one-panels of an ultraconservative middle-aged cartoonist. According to ''Onion'' President Sean Mills in an interview with ''

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'', the cartoon has generated "a lot of heat." An interview with The Onion, David Shankbone, ''

'', November 24, 2007. "He has a very unique take on what is going on in the world," said Mills, "and it does tend to upset some people, but that's the job of an editorial cartoonist, to be a provocateur." In addition to his work for print media, Sutton designed the animation for the opening credits of the television show ''

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'', and has created animation for HBO,

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, and

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. He has also designed silk-screened posters for a variety of musical acts, including Beck, Radiohead, Phish, and Pearl Jam. Sutton drew a 2017 editorial cartoon critical of a tax cut for millionaires, choosing to depict

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, who is Jewish, in a manner that some commentators found anti-Semitic. In the 1990s Sutton worked for some time as editorial cartoonist at ''High Times Magazine''.

Awards

Sutton won the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning in 2018. His win that year was reflective of a growing acceptance of multi-panel editorial cartooning. After winning the award, Sutton quipped that then president

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could benefit from editorial cartoons, saying "They’re shorter than the presidential briefings that he reportedly has no patience for. Plus, most these days are focused on his favorite subject — ''himself''! In 2022 Sutton received the Berryman Award for political cartooning from the

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Personal life

After living in New York City for many years, Sutton and his wife decided to move to Costa Rica, where they stayed for two years before deciding to move to Fort Collins, Colorado.

References

External links

Sutton Impact Studio

Weekly cartoon

Biography of Mark and Ward Sutton
2005 radio interview with Ward Sutton

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