Joe Sharpnack (born 1962) [1] is an editorial cartoonist based out of Iowa City, Iowa in the United States.
Sharpnack was raised on a ranch in Colorado. His father was the editor-in-chief of the Fort Collins Coloradan . After he graduated high school Sharpnack traveled as a musician, and then attended the University of Iowa, where he received a degree in English [2] in 1987. [1]
While studying at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, he began his career as a political cartoonist. The Daily Iowan , the university's school paper, published Sharpnack's first cartoon, "Campus Zero," on November 3, 1986, about President Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair. While still at the University of Iowa his cartoons were syndicated by The Washington Post . [2]
After graduating Sharpnack went to work at his first job at Chicago's Daily Southtown . [2]
He returned to Iowa after working in Chicago, maintaining almost 40 freelance jobs with newspapers across the USA. During the 1990s he created flip books, and published an anthology- Attack of the Political Cartoonist. He held a staff position at the Cedar Rapids Gazette for ten years. [2]
Sharpnack left the US and taught English to South Korean children in the third to sixth grades for over a year. [2]
He joined the Iowa Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a drummer with the band called Oink Henderson and the Squealers. [2]
In 2017 Sharpnack was diagnosed with a rare condition that reduced his eyesight by 26.2 percent of what it had been. [2]
His work has appeared in many local, national, and international newspapers and magazines. In addition, he has produced three books, namely Attack of the Political Cartoonists, Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists, and What America Wants, America Gets: Notes from the 'G.O.P. Revolution' and Other Scary Stuff.
He received the Lisagor Award while working in Chicago. [2]
Sharpnack was mentioned in the comic strip Frazz on January 15, 2007. [3]
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