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American editorial cartoonist (born 1960)

Ann Telnaes
BornAnn Carolyn Telnaes
(1960-11-15) November 15, 1960 (age 64)
Stockholm, Sweden
NationalitySwedish / Naturalized American
Area(s)Editorial cartoonist
Awards

Ann Carolyn Telnaes (born November 15, 1960) is a prize-winning American editorial cartoonist. She creates editorial cartoons in various media—animation, visual essays, live sketches, and traditional print. Telnaes worked for The Washington Post from 2008 until her resignation on January 3, 2025.

Biography

Telnaes earned her B.F.A. at the California Institute of the Arts in 1985, specializing in character animation. In 2020 she taught the course "Commentary Through Cartoons" as a visiting faculty member at CalArts.

Before becoming an editorial cartoonist, she worked in the animation field and also as a show designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. She contributed to such films as The Brave Little Toaster and The Chipmunk Adventure.

In 2003, while the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court was deciding the fate of same sex marriage, Telnaes created an editorial cartoon criticizing the historical imbalance of gender roles in the United States in which "the traditional view of marriage between a man and a woman has resulted in second class citizenship for many people in America for a long time."

Telnaes had a solo exhibition at the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building in 2004.

Telnaes began working for The Washington Post in 2008.

In 2015 a Telnaes cartoon was removed by the Washington Post from the newspaper's website. The cartoon had depicted Ted Cruz as an organ grinder with two monkeys. Telnaes defended her cartoon by tweeting, "Ted Cruz has put his children in a political ad—don't start screaming when editorial cartoonists draw them as well."

In 2016–2017 Telnaes was president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

In 2020 her work was included in the exhibit Women in Comics: Looking Forward, Looking Back at the Society of Illustrators in New York City.

In early January 2025, Telnaes resigned from The Washington Post after her cartoon lampooning powerful media and tech billionaires, including Post owner Jeff Bezos, Los Angeles Times publisher Patrick Soon-Shiong and Meta/Facebook head Mark Zuckerberg, bending the knee to incoming president Donald Trump, was nixed by the management. The refusal to publish this cartoon was decried by the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists as “craven censorship” and “political cowardice.”

Awards

In 2001, Telnaes became the second female cartoonist and one of the few freelancers to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning. In 2017, she received the Reuben Award, and thus became the first woman to have received both the Reuben Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.

Personal life

Ann Telnaes was born in Stockholm, Sweden, in 1960. She graduated from Reno High School in Reno, Nevada in 1979. Telnaes lives in Washington, D.C.

Awards

Bibliography

  • Humor's Edge (Pomegranate Press/Library of Congress, 2004)
  • Dick: An Editorial Cartoon Collection (Ann Telnaes, 2006)
  • Trump's ABC (Fantagraphics, 2018)

References

  1. "Ann Telnaes". Irancartoon.com. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  2. "Telnaes, Ann, 1960-". Library of Congress Control Number. Archived from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
  3. ^ "The 2005 National Population Cartoon Contest". Population Media Center. 2004. Archived from the original on October 9, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
  4. Crane, Margaret (June 8, 2020). "Visiting Faculty Ann Telnaes Discusses the Future of Editorial Cartooning". 24700: News From California Institute of the Arts. Archived from the original on November 30, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  5. "Exhibitions | Drawn to Purpose | Political Cartoonists | Perspectives on Marriage". Library of Congress. 2018. Archived from the original on February 7, 2023. Retrieved October 13, 2021.
  6. Mullin, Benjamin. "Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed," Jan. 3, 2025, NYT. Retrieved Jan. 5, 2025.
  7. Victor, Daniel (December 23, 2015). "Ted Cruz Cartoon Is Pulled by Washington Post". The New York Times. Archived from the original on August 9, 2023. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  8. "About the AAEC - AAEC Officers 2016-2017 - President: Ann Telnaes". Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Archived from the original on August 4, 2017.
  9. Telnaes, Ann (January 4, 2018). "And now, a message from President Ann Telnaes". Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Archived from the original on August 10, 2022. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
  10. "Women in Comics: Looking Forward and Back". Society of Illustrators. 2020. Archived from the original on June 1, 2020. Retrieved June 7, 2020.
  11. Telnaes, Ann (January 4, 2025). "Why I'm quitting the Washington Post". Open Windows. Retrieved January 4, 2025. I've worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations—and some differences—about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I've never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now. The cartoon that was killed criticizes the billionaire tech and media chief executives who have been doing their best to curry favor with incoming President-elect Trump. ... Over the years I have watched my overseas colleagues risk their livelihoods and sometimes even their lives to expose injustices and hold their countries' leaders accountable. As a member of the Advisory board for the Geneva based Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and a former board member of Cartoonists Rights, I believe that editorial cartoonists are vital for civic debate and have an essential role in journalism.
  12. Rice, Lynette (January 4, 2025). "Washington Post Editorial Cartoonist Says She Quit After Brass Rejected Her Donald Trump Sketch". Deadline. Retrieved January 4, 2025. The group in the cartoon included Mark Zuckerberg/Facebook & Meta founder and CEO, Sam Altman/AI CEO, Patrick Soon-Shiong/LA Times publisher, the Walt Disney Company/ABC News, and Jeff Bezos/Washington Post owner.
  13. Mullin, Benjamin (January 4, 2025). "Washington Post Cartoonist Quits After Jeff Bezos Cartoon Is Killed". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  14. Vargas, Ramon Antonio (January 4, 2025). "Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish cartoon critical of Jeff Bezos". The Guardian. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  15. Luciano, Michael (January 4, 2025). "Washington Post Cartoonist Quits, Says Management Spiked Cartoon of Bezos Bending the Knee to Trump". Mediaite. Retrieved January 4, 2025.
  16. Passantino, Jon; Stelter, Brian. "Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper's refusal to publish satirical cartoon of Bezos and Trump". CNN. Retrieved January 5, 2025.
  17. ^ "Pulitzer-prize winning cartoons - Humor's Edge: Cartoons by Ann Telnaes". Library of Congress. June 22, 2004. Archived from the original on June 28, 2007. Retrieved June 21, 2007.
  18. "Ann Telnaes is First Woman to Win Reuben Award and Pulitzer Prize". PR Newswire. May 27, 2017. Archived from the original on June 9, 2023. Retrieved June 6, 2017.
  19. 1979 RE-WA-NE, Reno High School Yearbook
  20. Telnaes, Ann; Katz, Harry L (2004). Humor's edge: cartoons by Ann Telnaes. OCLC 54499920.
  21. Telnaes, Ann (2006). Dick: an editorial cartoon collection. Cartoonist. ISBN 978-0-9773284-1-3. OCLC 160070579.
  22. Telnaes, Ann; Groth, Gary; Covey, Jacob (2018). Trump's ABC: con man. Fantagraphics Books. ISBN 978-1-68396-078-2. OCLC 992578898.

External links

Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary (2001–2025)
Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning from 1922–2022
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