Vic Roschkov Sr. is a Canadian editorial cartoonist and illustrator, now living in

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, Canada. Born in

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in the

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, he was raised in Windsor, Ontario before moving to London, Ontario, as a young adult and later began his career in journalism at the ''

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'' in the early 1970s. Roschkov subsequently moved to the ''

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'' where he won the prestigious

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for cartooning in 1980—the first time that he'd submitted an editorial cartoon for consideration. Roschkov later worked for the ''

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''. Roschkov has had a selection of his cartoons published by Prentice-Hall and for many years was staff cartoonist at the ''

''. Numerous Roschkov editorial cartoons have been acquired by the

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and are now part of its permanent collection in Ottawa, Ontario. Vic Roschkov Sr. has two sons: Vic is also a notable artist living in London, Ontario, and Tom is a musician who lives in Edmonton.

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Roschkov's Web site

1941 births Living people Canadian editorial cartoonists Canadian illustrators Artists from London, Ontario Soviet emigrants to Canada Canadian people of Ukrainian descent {{Canadian-cartoonist-stub

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