External links
- Bagley at Salt Lake Tribune
- "Award-winning cartoonist keynotes 26th Women's Conference", The CEU Eagle (College of Eastern Utah student newspaper), 3 March 2005
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Patrick "Pat" Bagley (born 1956) is an American editorial cartoonist and journalist for The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an author and illustrator of several books.
Bagley was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Oceanside, California, where his father was mayor [1] and his mother was a school teacher. [2] Always interested in politics, Bagley participated in a PBS interview of Ronald Reagan when he was in high school. [1] As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he was a proselyting missionary in the Bolivia La Paz Mission from 1975 to 1977. [3] In 1978, he received his degree in political science (with a history minor) [2] from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah. [4]
Bagley has two sons, Miles and Alec. Will Bagley, Pat's older brother, is an accomplished historian of the western United States [2] and coauthored This is the Place!: A Crossroads of Utah's Past with Pat in 1996.
In October 2009, while reacting to recent statements by Dallin H. Oaks, an LDS Apostle, about gay marriage protesters and religious freedom, Bagley commented that he was "retired" from the church, though not bitter or angry, and considers his LDS life a "good experience" and "in my blood." [5]
In 1977, [4] during a finance class at BYU, Bagley doodled a political cartoon, which he submitted to the student newspaper, The Daily Universe . This became his first published cartoon, which was reprinted in Time Magazine just weeks later. [6] Bagley submitted more cartoons to the Universe and targeted campus issues, such as the Brigham Young University Honor Code. Some believe the attention from his cartoons helped change the policy. [7]
After graduation, Bagley briefly worked as a caricaturist in the nearby Orem Mall, [2] before being hired as the editorial cartoonist at The Salt Lake Tribune, [3] where he still produces a daily cartoon. [4] His cartoons have appeared in The Washington Post , The Guardian , The Wall Street Journal , Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times . Over the years, he has produced more than 6,000 cartoons for the Tribune. [2] He is syndicated in over 450 American newspapers by Cagle Cartoons. Daryl Cagle ranks Bagley as the second most popular political cartoonist on his index. [8]
Bagley is also an illustrator and author of independent political cartoons and children's books. His liberal political stance contrasts with the conservative state of Utah, and has influenced several books of political cartoons and humor, including 101 Ways to Survive Four More Years of George W. Bush, Clueless George Goes To War!, Clueless George Is Watching You!, and Clueless George Takes on Liberals!.
Bagley describes himself as a moderate Republican who became a liberal independent during the presidency of George W. Bush. Bagley often addresses the predominant Utah culture of conservative politics and the LDS Church. [6] Bagley's joking about Jell-O consumption in Utah helped motivate the Utah State Senate to declare in an official 2001 Legislative Resolution that Jell-O is "a favorite snack food of Utah." [9]
In September 2020, Bagley drew a cartoon that showed a police officer looking at an X-ray for himself with a doctor. The doctor said "there’s your problem" while pointing to the X-ray which has the outline of a white hooded Ku Klux Klan figure. [10] The cartoon was condemned by law enforcement groups and led to a protest of The Salt Lake Tribune. Bagley defended himself, saying that "I went to some pains to show that not all police are racist....white supremacists make a point of infiltrating law enforcement. That’s a fact. That’s a problem." [11]
In April 2021, The Salt Lake Tribune published another Bagley cartoon that likened Utah congressman Burgess Owens (an African American) to a Ku Klux Klan member. Owens, who grew up in the segregated South, called the cartoon “pathetic.” Utah Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney and Representatives Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Blake Moore issued a joint statement calling the cartoon "repugnant" while enjoining the Tribune to retract it and issue an apology. [12] Bagley responded by accusing Owens of promoting "dangerous conspiracy theories." [13]
For the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, Bagley designed many popular commemorative pins that poked fun at local themes, including a "Seven Brides for One Brother" pin and a "Crickets Make Me Barf" seagull pin. [2] During the Olympics, Bagley sold out of his Utah-themed pins [14] and many in high demand were sold at inflated prices. After the events had ended, Bagley continued to produce pins as the only recognized "pin artist" in the world. [15]
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