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Matt Wuerker is a political cartoonist and illustrator based in Washington DC where he is the staff cartoonist and in house illustrator for the newspaper/website, Politico (http://www.politico.com/wuerker). Prior to landing this fulltime staff position he was a successful freelance cartoonist. Over the past 25 years his cartoons have been published widely in publications that range from dailies like the Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor, to magazines such as Smithsonian, The Nation, and Sojourners —to name a few. He also is the regular “artiste” for Jim Hightower’s monthly newsletter, The Lowdown. Asked about his fixation with drawn opinion Matt said, ” I like the usefulness of good political cartoons and imagery. There's something very satisfying about contributing to the ongoing political conversation and there's also something very satisfying when you succeed in making people laugh. Some visual metaphors are just plain serious, but the ones that I like best are the ones that combine a certain gravitas with a playfulness that gets people to smile.” Two collections of his cartoons have been published. "Standing Tall in Deep Doo Doo: A Cartoon Chronicle of the Bush Quayle Years" (Thunder's Mouth Press, 1991), and also "Meanwhile in Other News: A Graphic Look at Politics in the Empire of Money, Sex and Scandal" (Common Courage Press 1998).
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