By: E&P Staff The Austin American-Statesman is paying tribute to its Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, Ben Sargent, whose last day is today. He joined the American-Statesman in August 1974.
?When he started cartooning, Sargent's hair was dark and Gerald Ford was president,? reads an unbylined story. ?Much has changed in the years since. Politicians have come and gone; tastes have changed and the way people consume news has changed.
?What hasn't changed is Sargent's devotion to the craft, the loving attention he lavishes on the details in each of his works and his abiding faith in American style democracy.?
To mark the occasion, Sargent dug into his archives to present cartoons of each of the seven presidents who served in the time he was with the paper. Check it out,
here.
Sargent?s cartoons are syndicated through Universal Press Syndicate. He has received numerous other honors in addition to his Pulitzer, including Cox Newspapers' "Best of Cox" award for editorial cartooning (1996 and 1999), a Women in Communications "Outstanding Communicator" award, Common Cause of Texas public service award in journalism, Texas Women's Political Caucus media award, Headliners' Club of Texas special journalism award, Free Press Association's "Mencken Award," University of Texas "Outstanding Young Texas Exes" award and Amarillo College's first "Distinguished Alumnus" award.
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