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Glenn Chadbourne – Forty Years of Editorial Cartooning

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D. D. Degg Updated: January 31, 2025 at 6:15 pm EST 1 minute 2 comments

This week marks the 40th anniversary of Chadbourne’s association with The Lincoln County News. Beginning Jan. 31, 1985, Chadbourne’s cartoons have appeared on LCN’s editorial page every single week, almost without fail.

The only “official” cartoonist in the newspaper’s 150-year history, Chadbourne is currently LCN’s longest-serving staff member outside of the Roberts family, which owns the business. During his tenure, he has worked with seven LCN editors and three generations of Robertses.

The Lincoln County (Maine) News and Glenn Chadbourne celebrate a 40 year association.

Sherwood Olin interviews the Publisher, the Editor, and, of course, Cartoonist Glenn Chadbourne about the past 40 years and includes a slideshow of Glenn’s cartoons. and further explores Glenn Chadbourne’s career outside the newspaper newsroom.

Those outside activities of artist Glenn Chadbourne’s career include comic books and horror illustration.