Ward Sutton
Sutton attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention
Born
Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupation(s)Illustrator, cartoonist, writer
AwardsHerblock Prize (2018) Berryman Award for Cartooning (2022)
Websitesuttonimpactstudio.com

Ward Sutton is an American illustrator, cartoonist and writer born in Minneapolis and based in Fort Collins, Colorado. His comic strip, "Sutton Impact" (formerly "Schlock 'n' Roll"), was published in The Village Voice from 1995 to 2007. In 2018, Sutton won the Herblock Prize for his work.[1]

Sutton's editorial cartoons have appeared regularly in the Boston Globe since 2008.[2]

Career

Sutton has contributed cartoons and illustrations to the op-ed pages of The New York Times and to Rolling Stone, Time, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly and The New Yorker. He also illustrates and writes a parody political cartoon for The Onion under the pseudonym of "Stan Kelly", depicting the wrong-headed one-panels of an ultraconservative middle-aged cartoonist.[3][4] According to Onion President Sean Mills in an interview with Wikinews, the cartoon has generated "a lot of heat."[5] "He has a very unique take on what is going on in the world," said Mills, "and it does tend to upset some people, but that's the job of an editorial cartoonist, to be a provocateur."[5]

In addition to his work for print media, Sutton designed the animation for the opening credits of the television show Strangers with Candy, and has created animation for HBO, VH-1, and TV Land. He has also designed silk-screened posters for a variety of musical acts, including Beck, Radiohead, Phish, and Pearl Jam.

Sutton drew a 2017 editorial cartoon critical of a tax cut for millionaires, choosing to depict Sheldon Adelson, who is Jewish, in a manner that some commentators found anti-Semitic.[6][7][8]

In the 1990s Sutton worked for some time as editorial cartoonist at High Times Magazine.[9]

Awards

Sutton won the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning in 2018. His win that year was reflective of a growing acceptance of multi-panel editorial cartooning. After winning the award, Sutton quipped that then president Donald Trump could benefit from editorial cartoons, saying "They’re shorter than the presidential briefings that he reportedly has no patience for. Plus, most these days are focused on his favorite subject — himself![1][10]

In 2022 Sutton received the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for political cartooning from the National Press Foundation.[11][2]

Personal life

After living in New York City for many years, Sutton and his wife decided to move to Costa Rica, where they stayed for two years before deciding to move to Fort Collins, Colorado.[4]

References

  1. ^ a b "Ward Sutton is the winner of the 2018 Herblock Prize" (Press release). The Herb Block Foundation. March 5, 2008. Retrieved 2020-12-16.
  2. ^ a b Heller, Steven (November 9, 2022). "Ward Sutton Wins Political Cartooning Honor". Print Magazine. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  3. ^ Larson, Sarah (October 16, 2016). "Brilliantly Wrong: The Political Cartoons of the Onion's Stan Kelly". The New Yorker. Retrieved February 12, 2018.
  4. ^ a b Saunders, Brett (10 November 2016). "Onion cartoonist Ward Sutton sees inspiration in Colorado". Denver Post. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  5. ^ a b An interview with The Onion, David Shankbone, Wikinews, November 24, 2007.
  6. ^ Appelbaum, Diana (12 June 2019). "Filthy Lucre: A Look at the History of Jews and Money". Mosaic. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  7. ^ Leibowitz, Liel (5 December 2017). "Jewish Leaders Blast the Boston Globe for Cartoon They Say Uses Anti-Semitic Imagery". Tablet. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  8. ^ "Boston Globe cartoon of Sheldon Adelson uses anti-Semitic images, Jewish leaders say". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. 4 December 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2020.
  9. ^ Sutton, Ward (April 20, 2022). "Everybody must get jailed!". Sutton Impact. Retrieved 2022-04-29.
  10. ^ Cavna, Michael (May 9, 2018). "2018 Herblock Prize winner is inspired by his forebears — and enraged by Trump". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2023-05-20.
  11. ^ "Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons". National Press Foundation. Retrieved 2023-05-20.

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