An institution at the ""Chicago Sun-Times"", his home paper for more than twenty-five years, Pulitzer Prize - winning editorial cartoonist Jack Higgins gathers for the first time in ""My Kind of 'Toon, Chicago Is"" approximately 250 editorial and political cartoons. Over the years, he has filed syndicated cartoons from the Soviet Union, Hungary, Ireland, and Cuba. From his front-row seat, he has lately focused on the highs and lows of the Chicago and Illinois politics that produced both the first African American president and a string of corrupt gubernatorial administrations.
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Gathers approximately 250 editorial and political cartoons.

Product details

ISBN
9780810126459
Published
2009-09-01
Publisher
Northwestern University Press; Northwestern University Press
Weight
555 gr
Height
179 mm
Width
251 mm
Thickness
24 mm
Age
G, 01
Language
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Number of pages
272

Author
Foreword by

Biographical note

Jack Higgins is a Chicago-based political cartoonist whose work appears in publications worldwide. In 1989, he won a Pulitzer Prize, and he has won many other awards. He began his career drawing cartoons for the Daily Northwestern. He has been interviewed on the Today show, NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw, Good Morning America, and CNN. A graduate of the College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, Massachusetts), he was recently honored with the school's Sanctae Crucis Award.