Bruce Russell (cartoonist)
Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial cartoonist.
After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the Cub Californian,[1] he was hired for the Los Angeles Times as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, Rollo Rollingstone, during the early 1930s. In 1934 he became the lead cartoonist for the Times, a position he held until his death of a heart attack. [2]
Russell won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1946 citing a cartoon entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch".[3]
His papers are held at University of California, Los Angeles.[4]
See also
References
- ^ "A History of the UCLA Daily Bruin, 1919–1955". Archived from the original on 2006-05-26. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ "A Month of Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoons – Day 30 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources". Goodcomics.comicbookresources.com. Retrieved 2010-09-18.
- ^ "Editorial Cartooning". The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-04.
- ^ "Finding Aid for the Bruce Alexander Russell papers" (PDF). Retrieved 2010-09-18.
External links
- Bruce Russell at Library of Congress, with 0 library catalog records
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