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Biography

Fischetti may have been born in Brooklyn, New York, where his Italian father could have been a barber. As a teenager during the Great

Style

Fischetti, like many of his colleagues, favored heavy use of crayon, pencil or ink brush in a vertical format at the beginning of his post-war career. By the 1960s, as his style matured, he began using a horizontal pen-and-ink style that betrayed his roots in animation, Fischetti satirized politics, fads and social issues.[1][2]

Awards

In 1969, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in honor of the body of his work.[3][4] He also received the National Cartoonists Society's Editorial Cartoon Award in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965.[5]

John Fischetti Award

The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award, usually referred to as the John Fischetti Award, is given annually to a staff, syndicated or regularly published professional cartoonist for cartoons on current social and political subjects (including sports and entertainment) published in a daily or weekly newspaper or regularly published periodical (including Internet publications) in the United States. They are administered by the Journalism Department of Columbia College Chicago.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Biographical Sketches of Persons Selected for the Pulitzer Prizes for 1969". The New York Times. May 6, 1969. p. 34. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
  2. ^ "Cartoonist Was a Champion of Underdogs, Pulitzer Winner Sought to 'Dream Impossible Dreams for Mankind'". Los Angeles Times. November 24, 1980. p. B27.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference syracuse 2009 ret 2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "1969 Winners". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved September 16, 2010.
  5. ^ "NCS Awards". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved April 2, 2015. (scroll half way down to the "Editorial Cartoons" heading and click on the triangle next to "SEE WINNERS"')
  6. ^ "Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition". Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved April 2, 2015.
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