Nick Anderson (cartoonist)

{{Short description|American cartoonist}} {{Infobox comics creator | name = Nick Anderson | image = | birth_name = | birth_date = | birth_place = Toledo, Ohio, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | area = Editorial cartoonist | cartoonist = y | write = | art = | pencil = | ink = | edit = | publish = y | letter = | color = | alias = | signature =  | notable works = Counterpoint Media | awards = Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (2005) | website = | spouse = }}

'''Nick Anderson''' is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American editorial cartoonist whose cartoons typically present liberal viewpoints. He currently draws cartoons for the Tribune Content Agency. His work has appeared in ''The New York Times'', ''Newsweek'', ''The Washington Post'' and ''USA Today''. He has appeared on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News' ''The O'Reilly Factor''. In addition, he is co-founder of Counterpoint Media.

His artwork is characterized by a painterly style due to his use of Corel Painter software, which he uses in conjunction with the Wacom Cintiq computer monitor. He has been designated a "Painter Master" by The Corel Corporation.<ref name="washingtonpost.com">{{cite web|url=http://syndication.washingtonpost.com/nick-anderson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130704222136/http://syndication.washingtonpost.com/nick-anderson |url-status=dead|archive-date=2013-07-04|title=Washington Post - News Service & Syndicate|author=|date=|work=washingtonpost.com}}</ref> Anderson's cartoons have been featured in a series of instructional books, ''The Painter X Wow! Book'' by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis.{{citation needed|date=November 2022}}

== Career == Anderson graduated from THE Ohio State University.<ref name=Houstonia>{{cite magazine|title=THE FUNNY PAGES: Nick Anderson's Second Act: The Pulitzer-winning editorial cartoonist is reclaiming his voice, outside of newspapers|first=Emma|last=Schkloven |date=February 2, 2021|magazine=Houstonia|url=https://www.houstoniamag.com/arts-and-culture/2021/02/nick-anderson-political-cartoonist-counterpoint-newsletter}}</ref> After interning at the Louisville ''Courier Journal'', he became the newspaper's editorial cartoonist in {{circa}} 1990.<ref name=Houstonia />

Soon after winning the 2005 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, his winning cartoons were shown on air by Fox News' Sean Hannity as evidence, Hannity argued, of liberal bias by the Pulitzer judges.<ref>{{cite web |title=Cartoonist Nick Anderson gets it right |url=https://outalliance.org/cartoonist-nick-anderson-gets-it-right/ |website=Out Alliance |access-date=20 November 2022 |date=3 September 2015}}</ref>

Anderson was staff cartoonist for the ''Houston Chronicle'' from 2006 to 2017, where the newspaper's website maintained a blog<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.chron.com/nickanderson/|title=Nick Anderson|author=Nick Anderson|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160405183018/https://blog.chron.com/nickanderson/|archive-date=5 Apr 2016|publisher=Houston Chronicle|date=November 16, 2015|quote=}}</ref> of his cartoons and video animations.

The CNN-YouTube Republican presidential debates, which aired on November 28, 2007, used one of Anderson's questions, submitted in animated form.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/11/28/debate.transcript.part2/|title=Part II: CNN/YouTube Republican presidential debate transcript|author=|date=|work=cnn.com}}</ref>

Anderson was president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists<ref name=TCR>{{cite news|date=July 23, 2017|title=AAEC Makes Statement On Nick Anderson's Firing|work=The Comics Reporter|url=https://www.comicsreporter.com/index.php/aaec_makes_statement_on_nick_andersons_firing}}</ref> in 2007–2008.<ref>{{cite news|title=Anderson to Become AECC President As Membership Rises|date=July 8, 2007|first=David|last=Astor|work=Editor & Publisher|url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/anderson-to-become-aecc-president-as-membership-rises,43276}}</ref>

As of 2013, Anderson was syndicated in 150 newspapers by The Washington Post Writers Group.<ref name="washingtonpost.com"/>

In the summer of 2017, Anderson was terminated from his position at the ''Houston Chronicle'';<ref name=Houstonia /><ref name=TCR /> up to that point, he had been the last staff editorial cartoonist in the entire state of Texas.<ref>{{cite news|title=Texas now has zero staff political cartoonists, as Houston Chronicle fires Pulitzer winner|first=Michael|last=Cavna|date=July 20, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/comic-riffs/wp/2017/07/20/texas-now-has-zero-staff-political-cartoonists-as-houston-chronicle-fires-pulitzer-winner/}}</ref><ref name=TCR />

In late 2020, Anderson's cartoons began being syndicated by the Tribune Content Agency.<ref name=TCA>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/TribuneContentAgency/posts/nick-anderson-joins-tca-editorial-cartoon-servicefour-pulitzer-prize-winners-now/10157685276505924/|title=Nick Anderson joins TCA Editorial Cartoon Service|website=Facebook|publisher=Tribune Content Agency|date=Dec 29, 2020}}</ref>

== Counterpoint Media == In 2018, some time after losing his position at the ''Houston Chronicle'', Anderson and a partner<ref name=CM-FAQ>{{cite web|title=How did Counterpoint come to be?|publisher=Counterpoint Media|access-date=May 22, 2023|url=https://counterpointsyndication.com/faqs/}}</ref> formed '''Counterpoint Media''', launching a website and newsletter that featured a rotating group of editorial cartoonists.<ref name=EP>{{cite magazine| title=New syndication options for illustrators: Syndicates facilitate ongoing opportunity for creators of comics and puzzles| date=June 16, 2022| first=Rob| last=Tornoe| magazine=Editor & Publisher| url=https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/new-syndication-options-for-illustrators,231246}}</ref><ref name=Houstonia /><ref name=CM-FAQ />

In 2022, The Washington Post Writers Group announced it was winding down its editorial cartoons syndication business. In response, a number of the syndicate's editorial cartoonists — including Clay Bennett, Jack Ohman, and Pedro X. Molina — left for Counterpoint Media, which launched its own syndication service.<ref name=EP />

In September 2022, Counterpoint began syndicating comic strips, first taking on Darrin Bell's ''Rudy Park''<ref>{{cite web|title=The Funnies This Past Week – updated|first=D. D.|last=Degg|date=April 23, 2023|website=The Daily Cartoonist|url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/04/23/the-funnies-this-past-week/|quote=Well it seems that Counterpoint is syndicating the Rudy Park comic strip now, and has been for quite some time! I traced the switch from Washington Post Writer’s Group to Counterpoint Media to September 1, 2022.}}</ref> and then Gene Weingarten, Dan Weingarten, and David Clark's ''Barney & Clyde'',<ref>{{cite web|title=Barney & Clyde and Counterpoint|first=D. D.|last=Degg|date=May 13, 2023|url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2023/05/13/barney-clyde-and-counterpoint/|website=The Daily Cartoonist}}</ref> both of which were formerly distributed by The Washington Post Writers Group.

== Awards == Anderson won a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2005 for his work with the ''Louisville Courier Journal''.<ref name=Pulitzer>{{cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/215|title=The Pulitzer Prizes - editorial cartooning|author=|date=|work=pulitzer.org}}</ref> The judges credited his "unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages."<ref name=Pulitzer />

In addition to the Pulitzer Prize, he won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award in 2000, the 2011 National Press Foundation's Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/comic-riffs/post/2011-berryman-award-houston-chronicles-nick-anderson-humbled-by-win/2011/12/16/gIQA6gQUyO_blog.html|first=Michael|last=Cavna|author-link=Michael Cavna|newspaper=The Washington Post|title=2011 Berryman Award: Houston Chronicle's Nick Anderson 'Humbled' by Win|date=Dec 16, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Nick Anderson wins 2011 Berryman Award|first=Alan |last=Gardner|date=Dec 15, 2011|work=The Daily Cartoonist|url=https://www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/2011/12/15/nick-anderson-wins-2011-berryman-award/}}</ref> and is a two-time winner of the John Fischetti Award from Columbia College Chicago (in 1999 and 2012). While drawing cartoons for Ohio State University<ref name=TCA /> ''Lantern'', he was given the College Cartoonist Charles M. Schulz Award by the National Journalism Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nationalpress.org/award-winner/nick-anderson/|title=Nick Anderson|publisher=National Press Foundation|access-date=May 22, 2023}}</ref>

== References == {{Reflist}}

== External links == * [https://www.gocomics.com/nickanderson Nick Anderson on GoComics] * [https://counterpointsyndication.com Counterpoint Media website] *[https://osucartoons.pastperfectonline.com/vocabulary?keyword=Anderson%2C+Nick%2C+1966-&letter=A&page=158&searchtype=creator&showsearch=true Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Art Database] * [https://www.facebook.com/EditorialCartoons/photos/a.154224724642757.37948.152094758189087/1460662203998996/?type=3&theater Anderson's final cartoon — and farewell message — for the ''Houston Chronicle'']

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