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'''Gary Varvel''' is a conservative editorial cartoonist. Varvel was the [[editorial cartoonist]] for ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'' from 1994 to 2019.<ref>[https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/varvel/2019/01/02/varvel-indystars-cartoonist-says-thank-you-and-farewell/2421781002/]</ref><ref name=reader>{{cite web| url = http://eworldwire.com/pressreleases/13704 | title = Reader Requests Lead NewsBlaze To Introduce Cartoons | accessdate = 2010-11-21 | date = 2006-02-07 | publisher = eworldwire}}</ref> Previously he was the chief artist for The ''[[Indianapolis News]]'' for 16 years.<ref name=reader/> His works are [[Print syndication|syndicated]] with [[Creators Syndicate]].
'''Gary Varvel''' is a conservative editorial cartoonist. Varvel was the [[editorial cartoonist]] for ''[[Indianapolis Star]]'' from 1994 to 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/varvel/2019/01/02/varvel-indystars-cartoonist-says-thank-you-and-farewell/2421781002/|title=Varvel: IndyStar’s cartoonist says thank you and farewell|publisher=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|last=Varvel|first=Gary|date=January 12, 2019|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}</ref><ref name=reader>{{cite web| url = http://eworldwire.com/pressreleases/13704 | title = Reader Requests Lead NewsBlaze To Introduce Cartoons | accessdate = 2010-11-21 | date = 2006-02-07 | publisher = eworldwire}}</ref> Previously he was the chief artist for The ''[[Indianapolis News]]'' for 16 years.<ref name=reader/> His works are [[Print syndication|syndicated]] with [[Creators Syndicate]].


== Awards ==
== Awards ==
Varvel has won the National Headliners Award in 2012, [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]] in 2011, [[National Cartoonists Society|National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award]] for Best Editorial Cartoonist in 2010, [http://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/aronson/?page_id=1169 Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning] with a Conscience in 2011, Fifteen-time winner of the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists' Award for Best Editorial Cartoon and thirteen-time winner of the Best Editorial Cartoonist Award in the Hoosier State Press Association. In 2006, Varvel was given the H. Dean Evans Legacy Award for community service. In 2018, Varvel received the Advancing American Democracy Award from the [[Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site]] in Indianapolis, Indiana,
In 2006, Varvel was given the H. Dean Evans Legacy Award for community service. Varvel won the [[National Cartoonists Society|National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award]] for Best Editorial Cartoonist in 2010, the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience and the [[Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award]] in 2011,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/aronson/?page_id=1169|title=The Aronson Awards|publisher=Film & Media Hunter College|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}</ref> and the National Headliners Award in 2012. In 2018, Varvel received the Advancing American Democracy Award from the [[Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site]] in Indianapolis, Indiana.


He is a fifteen-time winner of the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists' Award for Best Editorial Cartoon and a thirteen-time winner of the Best Editorial Cartoonist Award in the Hoosier State Press Association.{{cn}}
== Movies ==
Varvel is also a board member of House of Grace Films and co-writer and producer of the films, THE BOARD (2009) and THE WAR WITHIN (2014), winner of 7 film festival awards. [http://www.thewarwithinmovie.com www.thewarwithinmovie.com]. Varvel also authored and published a children's book, The Good Shepherd (2015). [http://www.houseofgracefilms.com www.houseofgracefilms.com]

Besides being a cartoonist, Varvel was a part-time art teacher for 14 years at Bethesda Christian Schools and taught an adult Sunday school class for 22 years.
Varvel resides in [[Brownsburg, Indiana]] with his wife. They have 3 adult children and 8 grandchildren.


== Controversies ==
== Controversies ==
In the week before [[Thanksgiving]] in 2014, the ''Indianapolis Star'' published a single panel cartoon by Varvel that was widely criticized as being racist.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/us/indianapolis-star-newspaper-apologizes-for-cartoon-on-migrants.html?_r=0|title=Indianapolis Star Newspaper Apologizes for Cartoon on Migrants|first=Emma G.|last=Fitzsimmons|date=November 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="WRTV1">{{cite news|publisher=[[WRTV]]|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indy-star-we-erred-in-publishing-cartoon|title=Indy Star: 'We erred' in publishing cartoon|first=|last=staff|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In the cartoon, a Caucasian family is seen inside their dining room at a dinner table with an unhappy father holding a baked turkey saying "Thanks to the [[Immigration reform#President Barack Obama's Executive Actions of November, 2014|President's immigration order]], we'll be having extra guests this Thanksgiving," while darker skinned people can be seen climbing through their window.<ref name="NYM1">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/paper-apologizes-for-racist-immigration-cartoon.html|title=Newspaper Sorry for Suggesting That Undocumented Immigrants Are Going to Destroy White People's Thanksgiving'|first=Caroline|last=Bankoff|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> The ''Star'' later removed the mustache of one of the intruders and then a day later the executive editor Jeff Taylor deleted the cartoon entirely and issued an apology.<ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="WRTV1"/><ref name="TRS1">{{cite web|website=[[The Raw Story]]|url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/indianapolis-newspaper-alters-then-deletes-racist-thanksgiving-cartoon-following-complaints/|title=Indianapolis newspaper alters, then deletes racist Thanksgiving cartoon following complaints|first=Tom|last=Boggioni|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name="IS1">{{cite news|newspaper=[[Indianapolis Star]]|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/11/22/jeff-taylor-gary-varvel-thanksgiving-cartoon-immigration-opinion/19408509/|title=We erred in publishing cartoon|first=Jeff|last=Taylor|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In the apology, Taylor wrote, "Gary did not intend to be racially insensitive in his attempt to express his strong views about President Barack Obama's decision to temporarily prevent the deportation of millions of immigrants living and working illegally in the United States."<ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="IS1"/>
In the week before [[Thanksgiving]] in 2014, the ''Indianapolis Star'' published a single panel cartoon by Varvel that was widely criticized as being racist.<ref name="NYT1">{{cite news|newspaper=[[New York Times]]|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/24/us/indianapolis-star-newspaper-apologizes-for-cartoon-on-migrants.html?_r=0|title=Indianapolis Star Newspaper Apologizes for Cartoon on Migrants|first=Emma G.|last=Fitzsimmons|date=November 23, 2014}}</ref><ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="WRTV1">{{cite news|publisher=[[WRTV]]|url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/indy-star-we-erred-in-publishing-cartoon|title=Indy Star: 'We erred' in publishing cartoon|first=|last=staff|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In the cartoon, a Caucasian family is seen inside their dining room at a dinner table with an unhappy father holding a baked turkey saying "Thanks to the [[Immigration reform#President Barack Obama's Executive Actions of November, 2014|President's immigration order]], we'll be having extra guests this Thanksgiving," while darker skinned people can be seen climbing through their window.<ref name="NYM1">{{cite magazine|magazine=[[New York (magazine)|New York]]|url=http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/11/paper-apologizes-for-racist-immigration-cartoon.html|title=Newspaper Sorry for Suggesting That Undocumented Immigrants Are Going to Destroy White People's Thanksgiving'|first=Caroline|last=Bankoff|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> The ''Star'' later removed the mustache of one of the intruders, and executive editor Jeff Taylor deleted the cartoon entirely and issued an apology one day later.<ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="WRTV1"/><ref name="TRS1">{{cite web|website=[[The Raw Story]]|url=http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/11/indianapolis-newspaper-alters-then-deletes-racist-thanksgiving-cartoon-following-complaints/|title=Indianapolis newspaper alters, then deletes racist Thanksgiving cartoon following complaints|first=Tom|last=Boggioni|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref><ref name="IS1">{{cite news|newspaper=[[Indianapolis Star]]|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/columnists/2014/11/22/jeff-taylor-gary-varvel-thanksgiving-cartoon-immigration-opinion/19408509/|title=We erred in publishing cartoon|first=Jeff|last=Taylor|date=November 22, 2014}}</ref> In the apology, Taylor wrote, "Gary did not intend to be racially insensitive in his attempt to express his strong views about President Barack Obama's decision to temporarily prevent the deportation of millions of immigrants living and working illegally in the United States."<ref name="NYM1"/><ref name="IS1"/>


Another cartoon in 2018 spurred [https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2018/09/24/indystar-gary-varvel-christine-ford-cartoon-editor-response/1410020002/ another apology by the newspaper] after some viewed Varvel's message as demeaning to women and sexual assault victims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/people-are-outraged-by-this-cartoon-of-christine-blasey-ford|title=People Are Outraged By This Cartoon Of Christine Blasey Ford Demanding Roses And M&M's|work=BuzzFeed News|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}</ref>
In 2018, another cartoon spurred an apology by the newspaper after some readers viewed Varvel's message as demeaning to women and sexual assault victims.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tasneemnashrulla/people-are-outraged-by-this-cartoon-of-christine-blasey-ford|title=People Are Outraged By This Cartoon Of Christine Blasey Ford Demanding Roses And M&M's|work=BuzzFeed News|access-date=2018-09-24|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/opinion/2018/09/24/indystar-gary-varvel-christine-ford-cartoon-editor-response/1410020002/|title=IndyStar editor Ronnie Ramos on Varvel cartoon: 'Our readers deserved better'|publisher=[[The Indianapolis Star]]|last=Ramos|first=Ronnie|date=September 24, 2018|accessdate=December 11, 2020}}</ref>


==References==
==References==

Revision as of 18:00, 11 December 2020

Gary Varvel is a conservative editorial cartoonist. Varvel was the editorial cartoonist for Indianapolis Star from 1994 to 2019.[1][2] Previously he was the chief artist for The Indianapolis News for 16 years.[2] His works are syndicated with Creators Syndicate.

Awards

In 2006, Varvel was given the H. Dean Evans Legacy Award for community service. Varvel won the National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award for Best Editorial Cartoonist in 2010, the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning with a Conscience and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2011,[3] and the National Headliners Award in 2012. In 2018, Varvel received the Advancing American Democracy Award from the Benjamin Harrison Presidential Site in Indianapolis, Indiana.

He is a fifteen-time winner of the Indiana Society of Professional Journalists' Award for Best Editorial Cartoon and a thirteen-time winner of the Best Editorial Cartoonist Award in the Hoosier State Press Association.[citation needed]

Controversies

In the week before Thanksgiving in 2014, the Indianapolis Star published a single panel cartoon by Varvel that was widely criticized as being racist.[4][5][6] In the cartoon, a Caucasian family is seen inside their dining room at a dinner table with an unhappy father holding a baked turkey saying "Thanks to the President's immigration order, we'll be having extra guests this Thanksgiving," while darker skinned people can be seen climbing through their window.[5] The Star later removed the mustache of one of the intruders, and executive editor Jeff Taylor deleted the cartoon entirely and issued an apology one day later.[5][6][7][8] In the apology, Taylor wrote, "Gary did not intend to be racially insensitive in his attempt to express his strong views about President Barack Obama's decision to temporarily prevent the deportation of millions of immigrants living and working illegally in the United States."[5][8]

In 2018, another cartoon spurred an apology by the newspaper after some readers viewed Varvel's message as demeaning to women and sexual assault victims.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ Varvel, Gary (January 12, 2019). "Varvel: IndyStar's cartoonist says thank you and farewell". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Reader Requests Lead NewsBlaze To Introduce Cartoons". eworldwire. 2006-02-07. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  3. ^ "The Aronson Awards". Film & Media Hunter College. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
  4. ^ Fitzsimmons, Emma G. (November 23, 2014). "Indianapolis Star Newspaper Apologizes for Cartoon on Migrants". New York Times.
  5. ^ a b c d Bankoff, Caroline (November 22, 2014). "Newspaper Sorry for Suggesting That Undocumented Immigrants Are Going to Destroy White People's Thanksgiving'". New York.
  6. ^ a b staff (November 22, 2014). "Indy Star: 'We erred' in publishing cartoon". WRTV.
  7. ^ Boggioni, Tom (November 22, 2014). "Indianapolis newspaper alters, then deletes racist Thanksgiving cartoon following complaints". The Raw Story.
  8. ^ a b Taylor, Jeff (November 22, 2014). "We erred in publishing cartoon". Indianapolis Star.
  9. ^ "People Are Outraged By This Cartoon Of Christine Blasey Ford Demanding Roses And M&M's". BuzzFeed News. Retrieved 2018-09-24.
  10. ^ Ramos, Ronnie (September 24, 2018). "IndyStar editor Ronnie Ramos on Varvel cartoon: 'Our readers deserved better'". The Indianapolis Star. Retrieved December 11, 2020.
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