Cartoonist Steve Stegelin is a snarky Charleston iconoclast who makes us laugh out loud, cringe and nod at political truths.
For 20 years, he’s been Charleston City Paper’s resident cartoonist, crafting award-winning drawings that got better year after year. His original gritty style morphed into colorful weekly panels on important issues that sometimes skewer, sometimes nail and always entertain.
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The Charleston City Paper cover features Steve Stegelin, their editorial cartoonist for the past 20 years.
Former City Paper Editor Stephanie Barna remembers the newspaper learned about Stegelin’s cartoons after a daycare teacher mentioned to a staffer that her husband was a cartoonist. The staffer suggested to her that Stegelin contact the paper.
“Luckily, he was really talented, and we were thrilled to find such a unique talent in our midst,” she recalled. “His illustrations were hilarious, and his tone perfectly suited the paper.”
And he still does, as Barna observed: “Stegelin has a perfectly skewed sensibility. He can highlight the absurdity of what’s going on in the world and make you laugh.
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Along with Andy Brack’s profile and interview with Steve Stegelin the August 9, 2024 issue of The Charleston City Paper features a gallery of Steve’s personal favorite cartoons since 2004 – including his first cartoon for the paper (above) and his latest regular weekly cartoon (also above). The gallery is a nice showing of how Steve’s art style has evolved over two decades. The City Paper’s archives of Stegelin cartoons goes back to 2005.
Steve’s wonderful non-political illustration and sequential art can be enjoyed at his site.