# John Fischetti > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Fischetti > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/John_Fischetti.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Fischetti > Source revision: 1313964104 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) American cartoonist This article needs more citations. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "John Fischetti" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (June 2007) (Learn how and when to remove this message) John Fischetti Born (1916-09-27)September 27, 1916 Brooklyn, New York, United States Died November 18, 1980(1980-11-18) (aged 64) United States Area Cartoonist Notable works Editorial cartoons Awards Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, 1969 National Cartoonists Society Editorial Cartoon Award, 1962–1965 **John R. Fischetti** (September 27, 1916 – November 18, 1980) was an editorial cartoonist for the *[New York Herald Tribune](/source/New_York_Herald_Tribune)* and the *[Chicago Daily News](/source/Chicago_Daily_News)*. He received a [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) for [Editorial Cartooning](/source/Cartoon) in 1969 and numerous awards from the [National Cartoonists Society](/source/National_Cartoonists_Society). The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award, also known as the John Fischetti Award, is named after him. ## Biography Fischetti was born in [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York](/source/New_York_(state)), where his Italian father was a barber. As a teenager during the Great Depression, he worked various jobs, including one at a hotel where Rollin Kirby, one of his influences, lived. At 19, Fischetti began studying commercial art at the [Pratt Institute](/source/Pratt_Institute) in Brooklyn, where he continued his education for three years (1937–1940).[1] Then he moved to California, where he worked for the [Walt Disney Studio](/source/Walt_Disney_Studios_(Burbank)) in Burbank. Fischetti's job with Disney lasted only nine months, due to the work's strain on his eyes.[1] While pursuing freelance work, Fischetti began his career as an editorial cartoonist at the *[Chicago Sun](/source/Chicago_Sun)* in 1941. Some of his freelance work appeared in such publications as *[Esquire](/source/Esquire_(magazine))*, *[The Saturday Evening Post](/source/The_Saturday_Evening_Post)* and *[Collier's](/source/Collier's_Weekly)*.[1] Fischetti served 1942–1945 as a radio operator and army sergeant during [World War II](/source/World_War_II).[1] In 1945 he joined the staff of *[Stars & Stripes](/source/Stars_and_Stripes_(newspaper))* as a war-time artist with Dick Wingert and other war-time cartoonists.[1] From 1951 to 1962 Fischetti was a syndicated cartoonist for the [Newspaper Enterprise Association](/source/Newspaper_Enterprise_Association). He then joined the *[New York Herald Tribune](/source/New_York_Herald_Tribune)*, departing in 1967 when that paper folded. In 1967 he moved back to Chicago and joined the *[Chicago Daily News](/source/Chicago_Daily_News)*, which ceased publication in 1978. He joined [Bill Mauldin](/source/Bill_Mauldin) at the *[Chicago Sun-Times](/source/Chicago_Sun-Times)* two years before he died of a heart attack in 1980. He published a compilation of his cartoons *Zinga Zinga Za* in 1973.[1] ## Style Fischetti, like many of his colleagues, favored heavy use of crayon, pencil or ink brush in a vertical format at the beginning of his post-war career. By the 1960s, as his style matured, he began using a horizontal pen-and-ink style that betrayed his roots in animation, Fischetti [satirized](/source/Satire) politics, fads and social issues.[2][3] ## Awards In 1969, he won the [Pulitzer Prize](/source/Pulitzer_Prize) for [Editorial Cartooning](/source/Cartoon) in honor of the body of his work.[1][4] He also received the National Cartoonists Society's Editorial Cartoon Award in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965.[5] ## John Fischetti Award The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award, usually referred to as the John Fischetti Award, is given annually to a staff, syndicated or regularly published professional cartoonist for cartoons on current social and political subjects (including sports and entertainment) published in a daily or weekly newspaper or regularly published periodical (including Internet publications) in the United States. They are administered by the Journalism Department of [Columbia College Chicago](/source/Columbia_College_Chicago).[6] ## References 1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-2) [***d***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-3) [***e***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-4) [***f***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-5) [***g***](#cite_ref-syracuse_2009_ret_2010_1-6) ["John Fischetti Cartoons: An inventory of his cartoons at Syracuse University"](http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/f/fischetti_j.htm#d0e84). Syracuse University. Retrieved September 16, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** ["Biographical Sketches of Persons Selected for the Pulitzer Prizes for 1969"](https://www.nytimes.com/1969/05/06/archives/biographical-sketches-of-persons-selected-for-the-pulitzer-prizes.html). *The New York Times*. May 6, 1969. p. 34. Retrieved April 2, 2015. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** "Cartoonist Was a Champion of Underdogs, Pulitzer Winner Sought to 'Dream Impossible Dreams for Mankind'". *Los Angeles Times*. November 24, 1980. p. B27. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["1969 Winners"](http://www.pulitzer.org/awards/1969). The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved September 16, 2010. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["NCS Awards"](http://www.reuben.org/awards/). National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved April 2, 2015. (*scroll half way down to the "Editorial Cartoons" heading and click on the triangle next to "SEE WINNERS"*) 1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** ["Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition"](http://www.colum.edu/academics/media-arts/initiatives/fischetti.html). Columbia College Chicago. Retrieved April 2, 2015. ## External links - ["NCS Awards"](https://web.archive.org/web/20060106021759/http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp). National Cartoonists Society. Archived from [the original](http://www.reuben.org/ncs/awards.asp) on 2006-01-06. - ["John Fischetti"](https://web.archive.org/web/20150403102214/http://about.colum.edu/archives/collections/manuscripts/john-fischetti.php). Columbia College Chicago. Archived from [the original](http://about.colum.edu/archives/collections/manuscripts/john-fischetti.php) on 2015-04-03. (primary source material) - ["John Fischetti Cartoons 1962-1967"](http://library.syr.edu/digital/guides/f/fischetti_j.htm). Syracuse University. (primary source material) - ["Inventory of the John Fischetti Papers, 1942-1995"](https://archives.newberry.org/repositories/2/resources/71). The Newberry. v t e Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Previously the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning from 1922–2021 1922–1950 Rollin Kirby (1922) Ding Darling (1924) Rollin Kirby (1925) D. R. Fitzpatrick (1926) Nelson Harding (1927) Nelson Harding (1928) Rollin Kirby (1929) Charles R. Macauley (1930) Edmund Duffy (1931) John T. McCutcheon (1932) H. M. Talburt (1933) Edmund Duffy (1934) Ross A. Lewis (1935) C. D. Batchelor (1937) Vaughn Shoemaker (1938) Charles G. Werner (1939) Edmund Duffy (1940) Jacob Burck (1941) Herbert Lawrence Block (1942) Ding Darling (1943) Clifford K. Berryman (1944) Sergeant Bill Mauldin (1945) Bruce Alexander Russell (1946) Vaughn Shoemaker (1947) Reuben L. Goldberg (1948) Lute Pease (1949) James T. Berryman (1950) 1951–1975 Reg (Reginald W.) Manning (1951) Fred L. Packer (1952) Edward D. Kuekes (1953) Herbert Lawrence Block (1954) Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (1955) Robert York (1956) Tom Little (1957) Bruce M. Shanks (1958) William H. (Bill) Mauldin (1959) Carey Orr (1961) Edmund S. Valtman (1962) Frank Miller (1963) Paul Conrad (1964) Don Wright (1966) Patrick B. Oliphant (1967) Eugene Gray Payne (1968) John Fischetti (1969) Thomas F. Darcy (1970) Paul Conrad (1971) Jeff MacNelly (1972) Paul Szep (1974) Garry Trudeau (1975) 1976–2000 Tony Auth (1976) Paul Szep (1977) Jeff MacNelly (1978) Herbert Lawrence Block (1979) Don Wright (1980) Mike Peters (1981) Ben Sargent (1982) Richard Locher (1983) Paul Conrad (1984) Jeff MacNelly (1985) Jules Feiffer (1986) Berkeley Breathed (1987) Doug Marlette (1988) Jack Higgins (1989) Tom Toles (1990) Jim Borgman (1991) Signe Wilkinson (1992) Stephen R. Benson (1993) Michael Ramirez (1994) Mike Luckovich (1995) Jim Morin (1996) Walt Handelsman (1997) Stephen P. Breen (1998) David Horsey (1999) Joel Pett (2000) 2001–2025 Ann Telnaes (2001) Clay Bennett (2002) David Horsey (2003) Matt Davies (2004) Nick Anderson (2005) Mike Luckovich (2006) Walt Handelsman (2007) Michael Ramirez (2008) Stephen P. 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