Steve Sack (born 1953) is an American cartoonist who won a 2013 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. With Chris Foote he draws the cartoon activity panel '' Doodles'' and he is

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for the ''

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'', where he started in 1981. ''Doodles'' is distributed by

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. Sack's editorial cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons.

Life and career

Sack was born in

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. His newspaper career began while attending the

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, where he illustrated features and drew editorial cartoons for the school paper, '' The Minnesota Daily''. Two years later, he was hired as staff cartoonist for ''

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'' in

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. After three years, Sack returned to Minnesota to join the ''Star Tribune''. He is featured online by Daryl Cagle, another editorial cartoonist, who says: Sack's interactive became the most popular thing ever on the Cagle website. It was introduced in 2000, and caused problems for the web servers because of the high volume of visitors. "The Haunted House returned" in 2005. In his free time, Sack enjoys oil painting. He lives in the

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with his wife, Beth. Sack announced his retirement from the Star Tribune in April 2022.

Awards

* 2013

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning awarded from 1922 ...

. The annual award cited Sack's work for the ''Star Tribune'' during 2012, "his diverse collection of cartoons, using an original style and clever ideas to drive home his unmistakable point of view." He had been a finalist for the 2004 Prize. * 2006

Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award The National Press Foundation is a nonprofit journalism training organization. It educates journalists on complex issues and trains them in reporting tools and techniques. It recognizes and encourages excellence in journalism through its awards. ...

. Awarded annually by the National Press Foundation for the nation's best editorial cartoonist, the award was endowed in 1989 by Florence Berryman, former art critic of the ''

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'' in memory of her late

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and brother, both of whom won the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer. *2004

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, National Journalism Awards *2003 National Headliner Award

References

External links

Doodles on Creators.com
updated daily

- by Steve Sack * (as of November 2013, see WorldCat instead) 1953 births Living people American editorial cartoonists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners Artists from Saint Paul, Minnesota University of Minnesota alumni {{US-cartoonist-stub

Life and career

Awards

See also

References

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