Jump to content

Jeff Parker (editorial cartoonist): Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Content deleted Content added
Yobot (talk | contribs)
m External links: WP:CHECKWIKI error fixes using AWB (10146)
add short description
 
(12 intermediate revisions by 11 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|American cartoonist}}

{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
{{BLP sources|date=April 2011}}
'''Jeff Parker''' has been editorial cartoonist for ''[[Florida Today]]'' which serves Florida's Space Coast, since 1992. He also assists Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)]] with his comic strip, ''[[Mother Goose & Grimm]]'' and worked with [[Denis Lebrun]] on the daily ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'' comic strip from 1996 until 2005. With ''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]'' editorial cartoonist [[Steve Kelley (cartoonist)|Steve Kelley]], Parker produces the strip ''[[Dustin (comic strip)|Dustin]]'', centered around an unemployed 23-year old living with his parents. ''Dustin'' was launched in papers nationwide in early 2010.
'''Jeff Parker''' has been an editorial cartoonist for ''[[Florida Today]]'', which serves Florida's Space Coast, since 1992. He also assists Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist [[Mike Peters (cartoonist)]] with his comic strip, ''[[Mother Goose & Grimm]]'' and worked with [[Denis Lebrun]] on the daily ''[[Blondie (comic strip)|Blondie]]'' comic strip from 1996 until 2005. With ''[[New Orleans Times-Picayune]]'' editorial cartoonist [[Steve Kelley (cartoonist)|Steve Kelley]], Parker produces the strip ''[[Dustin (comic strip)|Dustin]]'', centered on an unemployed 23-year-old living with his parents. ''Dustin'' was launched in papers nationwide in early 2010. Parker's work generally mocks [[conservatism]].<ref>July 2018 discussion on Jeff Parker's Facebook account about contrary statement that originally appeared in this post.</ref>


Parker's work has been recognized with awards from Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, he was awarded the [[National Cartoonists Society]]'s Reuben Division Award for Editorial Cartooning<ref>[http://www.reuben.org/?page_id=611#editorial Reuben Awards: Editorial Cartoons]</ref> after three prior nominations.
Parker's work has been recognized with awards from Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, he was awarded the [[National Cartoonists Society]]'s Reuben Division Award for Editorial Cartooning<ref>[http://www.reuben.org/?page_id=611#editorial Reuben Awards: Editorial Cartoons]</ref> after three prior nominations.


His cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons syndicate to hundreds of news outlets, regularly appearing in USA TODAY, Newsweek, TIME, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Courrier International, The New York Times and on CNN and Fox News.
His cartoons are distributed by [[Cagle Cartoons]] syndicate to hundreds of news outlets, regularly appearing in ''[[USA TODAY]], [[Newsweek]], [[TIME]], [[The Washington Post]], [[Le Monde]], Courrier International, and [[The New York Times]]'', and on [[CNN]] and [[Fox News]].


==References==
==References==
Line 12: Line 14:
*[http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/template_about.php?id=206 Profile]
*[http://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/template_about.php?id=206 Profile]


{{authority control}}
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->

| NAME =Parker, Jeff
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION =Editorial cartoonist
| DATE OF BIRTH =
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH =
| PLACE OF DEATH =
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Jeff}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Parker, Jeff}}
[[Category:American editorial cartoonists]]
[[Category:American editorial cartoonists]]

Latest revision as of 22:39, 22 February 2022

Jeff Parker has been an editorial cartoonist for Florida Today, which serves Florida's Space Coast, since 1992. He also assists Pulitzer Prize–winning cartoonist Mike Peters (cartoonist) with his comic strip, Mother Goose & Grimm and worked with Denis Lebrun on the daily Blondie comic strip from 1996 until 2005. With New Orleans Times-Picayune editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley, Parker produces the strip Dustin, centered on an unemployed 23-year-old living with his parents. Dustin was launched in papers nationwide in early 2010. Parker's work generally mocks conservatism.[1]

Parker's work has been recognized with awards from Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, he was awarded the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Division Award for Editorial Cartooning[2] after three prior nominations.

His cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons syndicate to hundreds of news outlets, regularly appearing in USA TODAY, Newsweek, TIME, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Courrier International, and The New York Times, and on CNN and Fox News.

References

[edit]
  1. ^ July 2018 discussion on Jeff Parker's Facebook account about contrary statement that originally appeared in this post.
  2. ^ Reuben Awards: Editorial Cartoons
[edit]