| 词条 | Signe Wilkinson |
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| name = Signe Wilkinson |image = Signe Wilkinson.jpg | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1950|7|25}} | birth_place = Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | nationality = American | area = Cartoonist | cartoonist = y | website = {{URL|http://www.signetoons.com}} | alias = | notable works = Editorial cartoons One Nation, Under Surveillance Abortion Cartoons on Demand | awards = Pulitzer Prize - Editorial Cartooning | subcat = American }}Signe Wilkinson (born July 25, 1950, in Wichita Falls, Texas) is an editorial cartoonist best known for her work at the Philadelphia Daily News. Her work is described as having a "unique style and famous irreverence."[1] Wilkinson is the only female editorial cartoonist whose work has been distributed by a major syndicate.[1] Wilkinson is the first female cartoonist to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (1992) and was once named "the Pennsylvania state vegetable substitute" by the former speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. In 2011, Wilkinson received a Visionary Woman Award from Moore College of Art & Design. She has also won four Overseas Press Club Awards and two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for Cartooning, along with other various awards.[3] BiographyEarly life and educationWilkinson was born into a Quaker family in Wichita Falls, Texas on July 25, 1950. She later received a Bachelor of Arts in English at the University of Denver. After earning her degree, she attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; to support herself, she later worked with graphic design at the Academy of Natural Sciences, and various regional newspapers hired her as a stringer.[2] CareerAfter Wilkinson received her BA in English, she began to pursue careers in journalism. She worked as a reporter, stringing for the Daily Post, the King of Prussia, and the West Chester Daily Local News.[5] She also worked for the Quakers and the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University before working for a housing project in Cypress. This job shortly ended due to a coup d'état in Cypress, followed by a military invasion from Turkey.[3] Once Wilkinson returned to reporting, she would draw the people she reported on. Realizing her interest in both art and politics, Wilkinson attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for the duration of a year. During her time at the art school, she stringed for various Philadelphia and New York publications. In 1982, she earned a full-time job at the San Jose Mercury News where she spent three and a half years working as a cartoonist.[3] In the mid 1980s, Wilkinson went on to work for the Philadelphia Daily News as a cartoonist where she still draws five cartoons a week.[4] In 1992, she became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.[3] The same year, she released her first collection of cartoons entitled, Abortion Cartoons on Demand.[10] Additionally, Wilkinson has also created cartoons for Working Woman, Ms., Organic Gardening, the Institute for Research on Higher Education and several other publications, such as the Friends Journal and the University Barge Club newspaper.[5] In 1992, she published her first collection of her work, entitled Abortion Cartoons on Demand.[10] In 2005, she released her second collection of cartoons, One Nation, Under Surveillance: Cartoon Rants on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Privacy.[13] She served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists from 1994 to 1995.[5][15] On November 21, 2007, Wilkinson launched a syndicated daily comic strip with United Media entitled Family Tree.[5] This strip focused on environmental issues. Family Tree' concluded on August 27, 2011. For Organic Gardening magazine, Wilkinson created a comic strip entitled Shrubbery that centered on botanical and political topics.[5] The Washington Post Writers Group syndicated Wilkinson's cartoons.[6] Personal lifeWilkinson and her husband live in Pennsylvania with their two birds, five goldfish, and a dog named "Ginger."[7] Awards
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References1. ^Altersitz, Katrina. "Not a Funny Situation: In the Shrinking Field of Editorial Cartoonists, Women are Scarce." American Journalism Review, vol. 27, no. 3, 2005, p. 14+. Academic OneFile. Retrieved 3 Dec. 2018. 2. ^{{Cite book|title=Drawn to Purpose|last=Kennedy|first=Martha|publisher=University Press of Mississippi|year=2018|isbn=9781496815965|location=Jackson|pages=153–154}} 3. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=https://www.cartoonistgroup.com/properties/template_about.php?id=128|title=Background About Signe Wilkinson|last=|first=|date=|website=www.cartoonistgroup.com|access-date=2018-11-28}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.arcamax.com/politics/editorialcartoons/signewilkinson/biography|title=Signe Wilkinson|last=|date=|work=ArcaMax|access-date=2018-11-28|language=en}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{Cite web|url=https://www.lambiek.net/artists/w/wilkinson_signe.htm|title=Signe Wilkinson|website=lambiek.net|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}} 6. ^{{Cite web|url=https://www.gocomics.com/signewilkinson/about|title=About Signe Wilkinson|last=|first=|date=|website=www.gocomics.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}} 7. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/WilkiS/|title=AAEC - Signe Wilkinson Cartoonist Profile|last=|date=|website=editorialcartoonists.com|language=en|access-date=2018-11-28}} 8. ^1 2 3 4 5 {{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/syndication/cartoonists/signe-wilkinson/?name=signe_wilkinson|title=Signe Wilkinson|last=|first=|date=|website=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2018-11-27}} 9. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 {{Cite web|url=https://www.comics.org/creator/19068/|title=Signe Wilkinson|last=|first=|date=|website=www.comics.org|access-date=2018-11-27}} 10. ^1 2 {{Cite web|url=http://cartoonistgroup.com/properties/signe/signetoons/bio.htm|title=Signe Wilkinson|website=cartoonistgroup.com|access-date=2018-12-03}} External links
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