Jeffrey Koterba (born May 6, 1961) is an American editorial cartoonist based in
Omaha, Nebraska
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. He was the editorial cartoonist for the ''
Omaha World-Herald
The ''Omaha World-Herald'' is a daily newspaper in the midwestern United States, the primary newspaper of the Omaha-Council Bluffs metropolitan area.
It was locally owned from its founding in 1885 until 2020, when it was sold to the newspaper ...
'' from 1989 until September 2020 and his work is syndicated nationwide to over 850 newspapers by
Cagle Cartoons
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Started by editorial cartoonist Daryl Cagle in 2001, Cagle Cartoons distributes the cartoons of sixty cartoonists and four ...
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Biography
Koterba started drawing editorial cartoons for the
Omaha South High School newspaper. While at the
University of Nebraska at Omaha
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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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''The Star'' is most notable for its influence on the career of President Harry S. Truman and a ...
'' 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
. He has appeared as a panelist discussing his cartooning on
.