J.P. Trostle is a

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and

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, whose work often appears under the pen name of "Jape". He is the author of ''Attack of the Political Cartoonists: Insights And Assaults From Today's Editorial Pages'', and is the current editor of the Notebook, the quarterly magazine of the

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) is a professional association concerned with promoting the interests of staff, freelance and student editorial cartoonists in the United States, Canada and Mexico. With nearly 200 members, ...

(AAEC), an
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He was an award-winning illustrator for ''

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'' in

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, and his cartoons are part of the permanent collection at

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and the

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. He has also worked closely with

Ted Rall Frederick Theodore Rall III (born August 26, 1963) is an American columnist, syndicated editorial cartoonist, and author. His political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cart ...

on a half-dozen books, including designing the three-volume '' Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists'' series as well as editing ''Generalissimo El Busho: Essays and Cartoons on the Bush Years'' and ''Silk Road to Ruin: Is Central Asia the New Middle East''.

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