Surfing around the web today, it’s hard not to see some tribute to the Tony Auth who passed away on Sunday. There was a remarkable friendship forged between Mike Peters, Tony and the late cartoonists Jeff MacNelly and Doug Marlette. Some of their capers are documented in Doug’s book In Your Face: A Cartoonist at […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has released the following statement regarding the loss of the much loved Tony Auth. Tony Auth?s colleagues and friends in the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists are profoundly saddened by his death. Tony was one of a small handful of that magnificent generation of 1960s and 1970s cartoonists who […]
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Really sad news. From the New York Times: PHILADELPHIA ? Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Tony Auth, whose sharp and creative commentary appeared in The Philadelphia Inquirer for more than 40 years, died of cancer on Sunday. He was 72. Auth had worked for the past two years as the artist-in-residence at NewsWorks/WHYY, which announced his […]