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Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 6
\nMatt Wuerker – Cartoon Character<\/a><\/p>\n

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“Political cartoonists have it easy: we turn on the TV or computer and Sarah Palin has said some inane thing . . . and the cartoons can write themselves. In the world of cartooning, we’re the lazy bastards.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Matt Wuerker<\/strong>, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, joins The Virtual Memories Show<\/em> to talk about his career (including his fascinating non-comics work and his prescient move to the online world with POLITICO), the experience of winning “the Academy Award for cartoonists”, his artistic and political influences, what it takes to get on the NRA’s Enemies List, the opportunities for editorial cartoonists in a post-print world, how his parents felt about his decision to become a cartoonist, whether he had it easier during the Bush\/Cheney era or the Tea Party era, and why he thinks the golden age of cartooning is still ahead of us!<\/p>\n

“One of the great cosmic quandaries for cartoonists is that what’s bad for the world is great for cartooning.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Enjoy the conversation!<\/a>\u00a0Then check out our archives<\/a> for more great talks!<\/p>\n

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About our Guest<\/strong><\/p>\n

Matt Wuerker<\/strong> has been POLITICO’s<\/a> editorial cartoonist and illustrator since its launch in 2007. In 2012, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, POLITICO’s first Pulitzer win. In 2009, he was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning. Over the past 25 years, his work has appeared in publications ranging from The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times<\/em> and The New York Times<\/em> to Smithsonian<\/em> and the Nation<\/em>, among many others. Along the way, he’s also pursued other artistic tangents that have included claymation, outdoor murals, teaching cartooning in prison (as a visitor, not as an inmate), book illustration and animating music videos. Matt thinks Saul Steinberg<\/a> is a cartoon god and the Peter Principle<\/a> explains pretty much everything, and he also thinks the maxim “If you’re not confused, you’re just not thinking clearly” is one of the wisest things ever said. Matt lives in Washington, D.C., in close proximity to the National Zoo and the Swiss Embassy. Depending how bad things get, he hopes to find asylum in one or the other.<\/p>\n

Credits: This episode\u2019s music is <\/em>Nobody’s Home\u00a0by Ulrich Schnauss. The conversation was recorded at the Hay-Adams Hotel<\/a> in Washington, D.C., on a pair of AT2020 mics<\/a>\"\", feeding into a Zoom H4n recorder<\/a>\"\". I recorded the other material on a Samson Meteor Mic USB Studio Microphone<\/a>\"\" into Audacity.\u00a0All editing and processing was done in Garage Band.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories – season 3 episode 6 Matt Wuerker – Cartoon Character “Political cartoonists have it easy: we turn on the TV or computer and Sarah Palin has said some inane thing . . . and the cartoons can write themselves. In the world of cartooning, we’re the lazy bastards.” Matt Wuerker, winner of the … <\/p>\n

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