Jeff Parker (editorial cartoonist)
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Jeff Parker has been editorial cartoonist for Florida Today
which serves Florida's Space Coast, since 1992. He also assists Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mike Peters (cartoonist) with his comic strip, Mother Goose & Grimm and worked with Denis Lebrun
on the daily Blondie
comic strip from 1996 until 2005. With New Orleans Times-Picayune
editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley
, Parker produces the strip Dustin
, centered around an unemployed 23-year old living with his parents. Dustin was launched in papers nationwide in early 2010.
Parker's work has been recognized with awards from Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, he was awarded the National Cartoonists Society
's Reuben Division Award for Editorial Cartooning after three prior nominations.
His cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons syndicate to hundreds of news outlets, regularly appearing in USA TODAY, Newsweek, TIME, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Courrier International, The New York Times and on CNN and Fox News.
Florida Today
Florida Today is the major daily newspaper serving Brevard County. The Gannett corporation bought the paper in 1966.In addition to its regular daily publication, Florida Today publishes four weekly and eight biweekly community newspapers which are tailored for distinct neighborhoods within Brevard...
which serves Florida's Space Coast, since 1992. He also assists Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mike Peters (cartoonist) with his comic strip, Mother Goose & Grimm and worked with Denis Lebrun
Denis Lebrun
Denis Lebrun is a comic strip artist best known for his collaboration with Dean Young on the Blondie comic strip.-Comic strips:...
on the daily Blondie
Blondie (comic strip)
Blondie is an American comic strip created by cartoonist Chic Young. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, the strip has been published in newspapers since September 8, 1930...
comic strip from 1996 until 2005. With New Orleans Times-Picayune
New Orleans Times-Picayune
The Times-Picayune is a daily newspaper published in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.-History:Established as The Picayune in 1837 by Francis Lumsden and George Wilkins Kendall, the paper's initial price was one picayune—a Spanish coin equivalent to 6¼¢ .Under Eliza Jane Nicholson, who inherited the...
editorial cartoonist Steve Kelley
Steve Kelley (cartoonist)
Steve Kelley is a syndicated political cartoonist. Born in Virginia, he was an honors graduate of Dartmouth College in 1981, where he drew cartoons for both the Daily Dartmouth and The Dartmouth Review...
, Parker produces the strip Dustin
Dustin (comic strip)
Dustin is a daily comic strip created by Steve Kelley, editorial cartoonist for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, and Jeff Parker, who holds the same position for Florida Today. It is carried by King Features Syndicate and started running on January 4, 2010. At its outset Dustin was carried in more...
, centered around an unemployed 23-year old living with his parents. Dustin was launched in papers nationwide in early 2010.
Parker's work has been recognized with awards from Gannett News Service, Florida Society of Newspaper Editors, the Society of Professional Journalists and the Florida Press Association. In 2004, he was awarded the National Cartoonists Society
National Cartoonists Society
The National Cartoonists Society is an organization of professional cartoonists in the United States. It presents the National Cartoonists Society Awards. The Society was born in 1946 when groups of cartoonists got together to entertain the troops...
's Reuben Division Award for Editorial Cartooning after three prior nominations.
His cartoons are distributed by Cagle Cartoons syndicate to hundreds of news outlets, regularly appearing in USA TODAY, Newsweek, TIME, The Washington Post, Le Monde, Courrier International, The New York Times and on CNN and Fox News.