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Rex Babin

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Name
  
Rex Babin

Role
  
Political cartoonist

Died
  
March 30, 2012


Nominations
  
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Rex babin political cartoonist for the sacramento bee newspaper


Rex Babin (August 17, 1962 – March 30, 2012) was an American political cartoonist.

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Life and career

He graduated with a B.A. in English from San Diego State University. He was a strong advocate for the use of local cartoons, and typically drew three cartoons about California subjects per week.

In 1988-89 Babin worked at The Denver Post in an interim capacity. Afterwards, he served as the editorial cartoonist of the Albany Times Union, before taking a position as a political cartoonist for The Sacramento Bee in 1999. His innovative cartoons include "Caleeforneeya," a recurring satire of California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Babin was the recipient of the 2003 Berryman Award, and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize the same year.

In 2009 Babin served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

Babin died from complications of cancer.

References

Rex Babin Wikipedia


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