Larry Wright (cartoonist)

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Larry Wright (February 2, 1940 - May 21, 2017) [1] was an American cartoonist, known for his conservative editorial cartoons published in The Detroit News from 1976 to 2009. [2]

He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for 1980 and 1984. [3] He was also the author of the comic strips Wright Angles and Kit 'N' Carlyle . The latter, about a woman named Carlyle who owns a cat named Kit, was introduced in 1980. [4] [5]

Wright died on May 21, 2017, at the age of 77. [6]

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References

  1. "Wright, Larry, 1940-2017". id.loc.gov. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. Millikin, Eric (January 13, 2010). "Talking lifestyles of the semi-retired editorial cartoonist with Larry Wright". The Comics Journal.
  3. "Editorial Cartoons". National Cartoonists Society. Archived from the original on 31 December 2010. Retrieved 14 August 2011.
  4. Giordano, Rick (1981). The Comics Journal. Comics Journal, Inc. p. 23.
  5. "Larry Wright's Kit 'N' Carlyle Celebrates 30 Years". 30 November 2010.
  6. Henning, Lynn; Ramirez, Charles E. (May 22, 2017). "Former Detroit News cartoonist Wright dies at 77". The Detroit News.