Vaughn Shoemaker

Vaughn Richard Shoemaker (August 11, 1902

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– August 18, 1991

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) was an American editorial

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. He won the 1938 and 1947

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and created the character John Q. Public. Shoemaker started his career at the ''

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'' and spent 22 years there. His 1938 Pulitzer cartoon for the paper was ''The Road Back'', featuring a

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soldier marching back to war. The 1947 winning cartoon for the paper was ''Still Racing His Shadow'', featuring "new wage demands" of workers trying to outrun his shadow "cost of living". He went on to work for the ''

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