Vaughn Shoemaker

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Still Racing His Shadow, 1947 Pulitzer Prize winning cartoon

Vaughn Richard Shoemaker (August 11, 1902

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning and created the character John Q. Public
.

Shoemaker started his career at the

Chicago Today
from 1961 to 1971. By his January, 1972 retirement he had drawn over 14,000 cartoons.

The Road Back, 1938 Pulitzer Prize winning cartoon

He lived in Carol Stream, Illinois and died of cancer at the age of 89.

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References

  • "Vaughn Shoemaker; Created John Q. Public".
    New York Times
    . August 22, 1991. Retrieved April 5, 2011.