Uploaded March 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
An in-depth one-on-one discussion with esteemed political cartoonist Ann Telnaes, lead by Jenny Robb, head curator of comics and cartoon art at OSU’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Ann is a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning artist who–after working for The Washington Post for over sixteen years–resigned after a cartoon she submitted was rejected because it criticized billionaire tech and media executives, including Jeff Bezos, for trying to curry favor with President Trump.
Ann Telnaes is known world-wide for her editorial cartoons in various mediums — animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 and 2025 for her editorial cartoons. She was also awarded the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 2016 and the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning in 2023.
An in-depth one-on-one discussion with esteemed political cartoonist Ann Telnaes, lead by Jenny Robb, head curator of comics and cartoon art at OSU’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum. Ann is a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning artist who–after working for The Washington Post for over sixteen years–resigned after a cartoon she submitted was rejected because it criticized billionaire tech and media executives, including Jeff Bezos, for trying to curry favor with President Trump.
Ann Telnaes is known world-wide for her editorial cartoons in various mediums — animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 and 2025 for her editorial cartoons. She was also awarded the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year in 2016 and the Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning in 2023.
