Steve Sack
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Steve Sack is an American cartoonist who, along with Craig Macintosh
, draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles. Sack is also an award-winning editorial cartoonist
for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he started in 1981. Both Doodles and Sack's editorial cartoons are distributed by Creators Syndicate
.
His newspaper career began while attending the University of Minnesota, where he illustrated features and drew editorial cartoons for the school paper, The Minnesota Daily. Two years later, he was hired as staff cartoonist for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana
After three years, Sack returned to Minnesota
to join the Star Tribune.
Sack is featured on Daryl Cagle's website, who said about him
Sack's interactive became the most popular thing ever on the Cagle website.
It was introduced in 2000, and caused problems for the web servers because of the high volume of visitors.
"The Haunted House returned" in 2005.
In his free time, Sack enjoys oil painting. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife, Beth.
Craig MacIntosh
Craig MacIntosh is an American cartoonist who, along with Steve Sack, draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles, which began in 1986 and is distributed by Creators Syndicate...
, draws the cartoon activity panel Doodles. Sack is also an award-winning editorial cartoonist
Editorial cartoonist
An editorial cartoonist, also known as a political cartoonist, is an artist who draws editorial cartoons that contain some level of political or social commentary....
for the Minneapolis Star Tribune, where he started in 1981. Both Doodles and Sack's editorial cartoons are distributed by Creators Syndicate
Creators Syndicate
Creators Syndicate is an independent distributor of comic strips and syndicated columns for daily newspapers. It was founded in 1987 by Richard S. Newcombe, and is based in Los Angeles. Creators was one of the first syndicates to allow its clients to maintain creative control of their material...
.
His newspaper career began while attending the University of Minnesota, where he illustrated features and drew editorial cartoons for the school paper, The Minnesota Daily. Two years later, he was hired as staff cartoonist for The Journal Gazette in Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne, Indiana
Fort Wayne is a city in the US state of Indiana and the county seat of Allen County. The population was 253,691 at the 2010 Census making it the 74th largest city in the United States and the second largest in Indiana...
After three years, Sack returned to Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
to join the Star Tribune.
Sack is featured on Daryl Cagle's website, who said about him
Sack's interactive became the most popular thing ever on the Cagle website.
It was introduced in 2000, and caused problems for the web servers because of the high volume of visitors.
"The Haunted House returned" in 2005.
In his free time, Sack enjoys oil painting. He lives in the Twin Cities with his wife, Beth.
Awards
- 2006 Clifford K. & James T. Berryman Award. Awarded annually by the National Press FoundationNational Press FoundationThe National Press Foundation is a non-profit organization that provides training for journalists and awards excellence in journalism. The Foundation was established in Washington, D.C. in 1976.- Activities :...
for the nation's best editorial cartoonist, the award was endowed in 1989 by Florence Berryman, former art critic of the Washington StarWashington StarThe Washington Star, previously known as the Washington Star-News and the Washington Evening Star, was a daily afternoon newspaper published in Washington, D.C. between 1852 and 1981. For most of that time, it was the city's newspaper of record, and the longtime home to columnist Mary McGrory and...
in memory of her late father and brother, both of whom were Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
-winning cartoonists. - 2004 Scripps Howard FoundationScripps Howard FoundationThe Scripps Howard Foundation is the corporate foundation of the E. W. Scripps Company, an American media conglomerate which owns newspapers, television stations, cable television networks, and other media outlets...
, National Journalism AwardsNational Journalism AwardsThe National Journalism Awards are awards of US$10,000 to $25,000 in American journalism given by the Scripps Howard Foundation that recognize the best work in journalism in 17 categories, including: human interest writing; environmental and public service reporting; investigative reporting;... - 2003 National Headliner Award
External links
- Doodles on Creators.com- updated daily
- Editorial cartoons - by Steve Sack