Clarence Daniel Batchelor (April 1, 1888 – September 5, 1977), better known as C. D. Batchelor, was 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 current ...

who was also noted for

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and

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. He won a

Pulitzer Prize The Pulitzer Prizes () are 23 annual awards given by Columbia University in New York City for achievements in the United States in "journalism, arts and letters". They were established in 1917 by the will of Joseph Pulitzer, who had made his fo ...

in 1937."Editorial Cartooning"
The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-16.

Biography

Batchelor was born in Osage City, Kansas. His journalistic career began in 1911 as a staff artist for the ''

Kansas City Star ''The Kansas City Star'' is a newspaper based in Kansas City, Missouri. Published since 1880, the paper is the recipient of eight Pulitzer Prizes. ''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and a ...

''. From 1914 to 1918 he worked as a free-lance artist, returning to newspapers in 1923 when he worked as a cartoonist in the ''

New York Post The ''New York Post'' (''NY Post'') is an American Conservatism in the United States, conservative daily Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid newspaper published in New York City. The ''Post'' also operates three online sites: NYPost. ...

'' for the Ledger Syndicate until 1931. He then found his permanent niche at the ''

New York Daily News The ''Daily News'' is an American newspaper based in Jersey City, New Jersey. It was founded in 1919 by Joseph Medill Patterson in New York City as the ''Illustrated Daily News''. It was the first U.S. daily printed in Tabloid (newspaper format ...

'', where he worked until 1969. Batchelor's most famous editorial, published in 1936, reflected the newspaper's isolationist stance and won the

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. It depicted a prototypical "Any European Youth" greeted by a skull-faced harlot representing

War War is an armed conflict between the armed forces of states, or between governmental forces and armed groups that are organized under a certain command structure and have the capacity to sustain military operations, or between such organi ...

, captioned "Come on in, I'll treat you right, I used to know your Daddy." Sympathetic to

women's suffrage Women's suffrage is the women's rights, right of women to Suffrage, vote in elections. Several instances occurred in recent centuries where women were selectively given, then stripped of, the right to vote. In Sweden, conditional women's suffra ...

, he contributed cartoons to ''

Woman's Journal ''Woman's Journal'' was an American women's rights periodical published from 1870 to 1931. It was founded in 1870 in Boston, Massachusetts, by Lucy Stone and her husband Henry Browne Blackwell as a weekly newspaper. In 1917 it was purchased by ...

'' and ''The Woman Voter'' (which merged with the ''Journal'' in 1917). He also contributed his art to the causes of

public health Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the de ...

and

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. Batchelor is also known for having executed a bronze bust of

Joseph Medill Patterson Joseph Medill Patterson (January 6, 1879 – May 26, 1946) was an American journalist, publisher and founder of the '' Daily News'' in New York. At the time of his death the ''Daily News'' maintained a Sunday circulation of 4.5 million copi ...

, the founder of the ''Daily News'' and co-founder of ''

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'' magazine, and a series of oil murals in The News Building.

Gallery

References

External links

Clarence Batchelor
at Spartacus Educational
The Cartoon Collection of C. D. Batchelor
Finding aid, Special Collections and Archives, University Libraries, Wichita State University

Special Collections Research Center * (under 'Batchelor, Clarence Daniel, 1888-1977' and same without '1977')

Cartoons and illustrations by C. D. Batchelor
Social Welfare History Image Portal, Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries 1888 births 1977 deaths American editorial cartoonists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners Place of death missing People from Osage City, Kansas {{US-cartoonist-stub