Jeffrey Koterba (born May 6, 1961) is an American editorial cartoonist based in
Omaha, Nebraska
Omaha ( ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Nebraska and the county seat of Douglas County. Omaha is in the Midwestern United States on the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's 39th-largest cit ...
. He was the editorial cartoonist for the ''
Omaha World-Herald'' from 1989 until September 2020 and his work is syndicated nationwide to over 850 newspapers by
Cagle Cartoons
In 2001, cartoonist Daryl Cagle started Cagle Cartoons, Inc., which distributes the cartoons of sixty editorial cartoonists and fourteen columnists to more than 850 subscribing newspapers in the United States and around the world, including over h ...
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Biography
Koterba started drawing editorial cartoons for the
Omaha South High School
Omaha South High School is an information technology and visual/performing arts magnet school which educates students in grades 9–12. It is located in Omaha, Nebraska, United States. Built in the 1930s, it is one of the largest high school ...
newspaper. While at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha he was the editorial cartoonist of the college newspaper, the Gateway. In college, he also drew cartoons for the suburban Omaha newspaper, the ''Bellevue Leader''. After college he drew sports cartoons on a part-time basis for the ''
Kansas City Star
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'' from 1986 to 1989 where his work also regularly appeared in the ''
Los Angeles Times
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''. He was hired by the ''Omaha World-Herald'' in 1989 as the editorial cartoonist, filling a 9-year void at that position. While at the ''World Herald'', Koterba has occasionally written editorials and feature stories. Koterba describes himself as "passionate centrist".
[The New York Times
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He has also been featured in many magazines and high-profile websites. His cartoons regularly appear in the ''Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year'', and ''Best Political Cartoons of the Year'' publications. Koterba also regularly appears on panels discussing his craft. In 2009, he was part of an editorial cartooning panel at
in San Diego. He has appeared as a panelist discussing his cartooning on
.