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Barack Obama
Barack Obama

Airlines
Airlines


Abortion
Afghanistan
Airlines
Barack Obama
Campaigning and Elections
Caricatures
Casey Anthony Trial
China
Congress
Credit Cards and Identity Theft
Debt Crisis
Economy
Education
Egypt
Energy and the Environment
Entertainment
Europe
Food
Fox News
Giffords Shooting
Global Warming
Government Spending
Greece
Health
Health Care
Homosexuality
Hurricanes and Weather
Immigration Issues
John Boehner
John McCain
Legal Woes
Michele Bachmann
Mitt Romney
NASA and Space
Newsworthy
North Korea
Nuclear Weapons
Oil
Partisan Woes
Post Office
Race
Rahm Emanuel
Religion
Rupert Murdoch
Social Security
Sports
Syria
Taxes
Tea Party Movement
Terrorism
The Constitution
The Middle East
Treasury Department
Unemployment
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Nick Anderson
 
Meet Nick Anderson

Nick Anderson brings a fresh, youthful approach to editorial cartooning. His clean lines and classic style belie an unconventional message that carries wide appeal.

An avowed libertarian and political independent, Anderson covers politics and contemporary cultural issues in a way that connects with the younger generation.

"Through my cartoons, I strive to defend the sensible center from the extremes of ideological dogma," Anderson says. "I try to neutralize the self-importance that corrupts our political system and highlight the intellectual dishonesty that corrupts the marketplace of ideas."

Since joining The Louisville Courier-Journal in January 1991, a month after graduating from Ohio State, Anderson's cartoons have been published in Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, the Chicago Tribune and other papers.



At Ohio State, Anderson majored in political science and was editorial cartoonist for the university newspaper, The Lantern. In 1989, he won the Charles M. Schulz Award for best college cartoonist in the United States, Canada and Mexico. He interned one summer with The Courier-Journal, which immediately recognized his talent. After graduation, the newspaper created a position for him as an associate editorial cartoonist and illustrator. He was promoted to chief editorial cartoonist in September 1995. In 1997, he won first-place honors for editorial cartooning in the Best of Gannett Awards. In 1999, he was announced the winner of the Fischetti Award. The annual award, named in honor of the late Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist John Fischetti, honors individuals whose work is judged to be representative of the best being done by professional editorial cartoonists in North America.

Anderson grew up in Toledo, Ohio, in a family that he says was apolitical. At age 15, he started drawing cartoons for his high school newspaper and immediately knew his calling.

In his spare time, he enjoys rock climbing, mountain biking, cycling and roller-blading. In 1988 he cycled across the country from Oregon to Massachusetts.

He lives in Louisville with his wife, Cecilia Baylon, and sons Colton and Travis.