Bob Englehart (born 1945) is a retired 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 ...

for the ''

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''. He was a

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finalist in 1979.

Biography

Born on November 7, 1945, in

Fort Wayne, Indiana Fort Wayne is a city in Allen County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. Located in northeastern Indiana, the city is west of the Ohio border and south of the Michigan border. The city's population was 263,886 at the 2020 census ...

, Englehart dropped out of the American Academy of Art in 1967 to join the staff of '' Chicago Today'', where he published his first editorial cartoons. In 1972, he returned to Fort Wayne to start a small commercial art studio and work as a freelance artist for ''The Journal-Gazette''. Influences included Pat Oliphant, Wayne Stayskal, Mike Peters, Jeff MacNelly, Paul Coker Jr. and Jim Borgman. From 1975 to 1980, he served as editorial cartoonist for the '' Journal-Herald'' in

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. He spent the next 35 years of his career as the first full-time editorial cartoonist for the ''

'' from December 15, 1980, until the end of 2015, when he accepted a voluntary buyout plan. Englehart's cartoons have appeared in ''

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'', and '' Hustler''. His works are held in the collections of the

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, Eastern Connecticut State University, the Connecticut Historical Society,

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, Indiana University–Purdue University, and the

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. His work is syndicated by

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Personal life

Englehart is married to Pat McGrath. They live in Middletown and have three adult children, four grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He has characterized his political philosophy as "moderately confused."

References

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