Vaughn Richard Shoemaker (August 11, 1902

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– August 18, 1991 Carol Stream, Illinois) 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 '' Chicago Daily News'' and spent 22 years there, and was the chief cartoonist between 1925 and 1952. 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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'' between 1956 and 1961, and both the '' Chicago American'', and '' Chicago Today'' from 1961 to 1971. By his January, 1972 retirement he had drawn over 14,000 cartoons. The Road Back

He lived in Carol Stream, Illinois and died of cancer at the age of 89.

Gallery

File:Editorial cartoon mocking FDR's "Alphabet agencies".jpg, ''New Deal Lexicon'', ink, 1935. File:Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde, Vaughn Shoemaker, political cartoon, ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art.jpg, alt=Ink drawing of two men, one stands stoically behind in a light suit that says "atom for peace" while the other lunges forward with grotesque hands and face with a shirt that says "atom for war.", ''Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde?'', ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art. File:Smoke Screen, Vaughn Shoemaker, political cartoon, ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art.jpg, alt=Ink drawing of a cartoon plane swooping to the left, leaving a big cloud of smoke that says "wise-cracks", ''Smoke Screen'', ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art. File:Valentine Awaited, Vaughn Shoemaker, political cartoon, ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art.jpg, alt=Ink drawing of a woman wearing a dark dress with light stars, staring down and to the left towards a large valentine that says "still forever yours." There is a framed portrait of Eisenhower in the background, with hearts flying in the empty space., ''Valentine Awaited'', ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art. File:Man of Destiny (Eisenhower), Vaughn Shoemaker, political cartoon, ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art.jpg, ''Man of Destiny (Eisenhower)'', ink and crayon, 1952, Dallas Museum of Art. File:Man of Destiny (Stevenson), Vaughn Shoemaker, political cartoon, ink and crayon, Dallas Museum of Art.jpg, ''Man of Destiny (Stevenson)'', ink and crayon, 1952, Dallas Museum of Art.

References

* 1902 births 1991 deaths American editorial cartoonists American political artists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners Artists from Chicago Chicago Daily News people New York Herald Tribune people People from Carol Stream, Illinois Deaths from cancer in Illinois Christian comics creators {{US-cartoonist-stub