Ward Sutton
{{short description|American cartoonist}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Ward Sutton
| image = Ward Sutton 2008 DNC (2806180792).jpg
| caption = Sutton attending the 2008 Democratic National Convention
| occupation = Illustrator, cartoonist, writer
| birth_place = Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
| awards = Herblock Prize (2018) Berryman Award for Cartooning (2022)
| website = {{URL|suttonimpactstudio.com}}
}}
Ward Sutton is an American illustrator, cartoonist and writer. His comic strip, Sutton Impact (formerly Schlock 'n' Roll), was published in The Village Voice from 1995 to 2007. In 2018, Sutton won the Herblock Prize for his work.{{Cite press release|title=Ward Sutton is the winner of the 2018 Herblock Prize |date =March 5, 2008 |publisher=The Herb Block Foundation |url=https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/press-releases/ward-sutton-winner-2018-herblock-prize |access-date=2020-12-16}}
Sutton's editorial cartoons have appeared regularly in the Boston Globe since 2008.
Career
Sutton has contributed cartoons and illustrations to the op-ed pages of The New York Times and to Rolling Stone, Time, The Nation, Entertainment Weekly and The New Yorker. He also illustrates and writes a parody political cartoon for The Onion under the pseudonym of "Stan Kelly", depicting the wrong-headed one-panels of an ultraconservative middle-aged cartoonist.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/sarah-larson/brilliantly-terrible-the-political-cartoons-of-the-onions-stan-kelly |title=Brilliantly Wrong: The Political Cartoons of the Onion's Stan Kelly |last=Larson|first=Sarah |date=October 16, 2016 |magazine=The New Yorker |access-date=February 12, 2018}}{{cite news |last1=Saunders |first1=Brett |title=Onion cartoonist Ward Sutton sees inspiration in Colorado |url=https://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/10/onion-cartoonist-ward-sutton-colorado/ |accessdate=5 February 2020 |publisher=Denver Post |date=10 November 2016}} According to Onion President Sean Mills in an interview with Wikinews, the cartoon has generated "a lot of heat."An interview with The Onion, David Shankbone, Wikinews, November 24, 2007. "He has a very unique take on what is going on in the world," said Mills, "and it does tend to upset some people, but that's the job of an editorial cartoonist, to be a provocateur."
In addition to his work for print media, Sutton designed the animation for the opening credits of the television show Strangers with Candy, and has created animation for HBO, VH-1, and TV Land. He has also designed silk-screened posters for a variety of musical acts, including Beck, Radiohead, Phish, and Pearl Jam.
In the 1990s Sutton worked for some time as editorial cartoonist at High Times Magazine.{{Cite web |date=April 20, 2022 |first=Ward |last=Sutton |title=Everybody must get jailed! |url=https://www.suttonimpactstudio.com/post/682086321082204160/one-of-my-lesser-known-early-career-gigs-in-the |access-date=2022-04-29 |website=Sutton Impact}}
Awards
Sutton won the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning in 2018. His win that year was reflective of a growing acceptance of multi-panel editorial cartooning. After winning the award, Sutton quipped that then president Donald Trump could benefit from editorial cartoons, saying "They're shorter than the presidential briefings that he reportedly has no patience for. Plus, most these days are focused on his favorite subject — himself!{{Cite news |last=Cavna |first=Michael |date=May 9, 2018 |title=2018 Herblock Prize winner is inspired by his forebears — and enraged by Trump |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2018/05/09/2018-herblock-prize-winner-is-inspired-by-his-forebears-and-enraged-by-trump/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |issn=0190-8286}}
In 2022 Sutton received the Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for political cartooning from the National Press Foundation.{{cite web |title=Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons |url=https://nationalpress.org/awards/clifford-k-james-t-berryman-award-for-editorial-cartoons/ |publisher=National Press Foundation |access-date=2023-05-20}}{{Cite magazine |last=Heller |first=Steven |date=November 9, 2022 |title=Ward Sutton Wins Political Cartooning Honor |url=https://www.printmag.com/daily-heller/the-daily-heller-ward-sutton-wins-political-cartooning-honor/ |access-date=2023-05-20 |magazine=Print Magazine |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.suttonimpactstudio.com/ Sutton Impact Studio]
- [http://www.villagevoice.com/news/0641,sutton,74674,9.html The Village Voice] Weekly cartoon
- [https://www.motherjones.com/radio/suttons_bio.html Mother Jones] Biography of Mark and Ward Sutton
- [http://www.informationradio.info/post/72757776/soapbox-derby-july-7-2005-artist-ward-sutton 2005 radio interview with Ward Sutton]
- [http://madcoversite.com/ugoi-ward_sutton.html List of Sutton's work for Mad Magazine]
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Category:American editorial cartoonists
Category:American magazine illustrators
Category:American political artists
Category:Artists from Minneapolis
Category:Artists from New York City
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