Signe Wilkinson

Signe Wilkinson
Wilkinson, photographed in 2015.
Born (1950-07-25) July 25, 1950 (age 74)
Wichita Falls, Texas, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Notable works
Editorial cartoons
One Nation, Under Surveillance
Abortion Cartoons on Demand
AwardsPulitzer Prize - Editorial Cartooning
www.signetoons.com

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.[2]

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[3] from Moore College of Art & Design. She has also won four Overseas Press Club Awards and two Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Awards for Cartooning.[4]

In late 2020, Wilkinson retired as the editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News.[5][6] She still publishes cartoons in Sunday editions of the Inquirer.[7]

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  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Visionary Woman Award
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  5. ^ Iadonisi, Matteo (January 7, 2021). "Famed Philadelphia political cartoonist retires after 35 years". WPVI.
  6. ^ Degg, D. D. (Dec 26, 2020). "Signe Wilkinson (Semi-) Retires". The Daily Cartoonist.
  7. ^ Wilkinson, Signe (July 30, 2023). "Not a drop to drink". The Philadelphia Inquirer.