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Rob Rogers
Rob Rogers in 2018
Born23 May 1959 Edit this on Wikidata
Philadelphia Edit this on Wikidata
Alma mater
Awards

Rob Rogers (born May 23, 1959)[1] is an editorial cartoonist. His cartoons appeared in The Pittsburgh Press from 1984 to 1993, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette from 1993 to 2018.[2] In 1999 and 2019, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.[3][4]

He was fired from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette in mid-June 2018 for his cartoons that were critical of President Donald Trump.[5]

California highway sign on which Rogers based a cartoon depicting Trump grabbing the child away from the adults with her

His cartoons are still syndicated by GoComics.[6]

Works

  • No cartoon left behind! : the best of Rob Rogers., Pittsburgh, PA : Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780887485152, OCLC 464597614
  • Mayoral ink : cartooning Pittsburgh's mayors. Pittsburgh, PA : The Author, 2015. ISBN 9780692477496, OCLC 1017098254
  • Enemy of the people : a cartoonist's journey, San Diego, CA : IDW, Idea & Design Works, 2019. ISBN 9781684055944, OCLC 1082447868

References

  1. ^ "Rogers, Rob, 1959-". Library of Congress Name Authority File. Library of Congress. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
  2. ^ About Rob Rogers comic strips - GoComics. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  3. ^ 1999 Pulitzer Prize Winners & Finalists - The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved August 1, 2018.
  4. ^ "The 2019 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Cartooning". www.pulitzer.org. Retrieved 2019-05-02.
  5. ^ Cavna, Michael (June 14, 2018). "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette fires anti-Trump cartoonist, and mayor says it sends 'wrong message about press freedoms'". News. The Washington Post. Comic Riffs. Washington, D.C. Retrieved August 1, 2018.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. ^ Political Cartoons - Left, Liberal Jokes & Libertarian Cartoons - GoComics. Retrieved August 1, 2018.

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