Bruce Russell (cartoonist) explained

Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial cartoonist and comics artist.

After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the Cub Californian,^[1] he was hired for the Los Angeles Times as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, Rollo Rollingstone (for AP Newsfeatures) during the early 1930s. In 1934 he became the lead cartoonist for the Times, a position he held until his death of a heart attack.^[2]

Russell won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1946. His winning cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions."^{[3] [4]}

His papers are held at University of California, Los Angeles.^[5]

External links

• • Lambiek Comiclopedia article.

Notes and References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20060526024126/http://www.ulwaf.com/Daily-Bruin-History/02_Beginnings.html George Garrigues, Loud Bark and Curious Eyes: A History of the UCLA Daily Bruin, 1919-1955
2. Web site: A Month of Pulitzer Prize Winning Cartoons – Day 30 | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources . Goodcomics.comicbookresources.com . 31 March 2009. 2010-09-18.
3. http://www.pulitzer.org/bycat/Editorial-Cartooning "Editorial Cartooning"
4. "Elizabeth A Brennan and Elizabeth C Clarage, Who's Who of Pulitzer Prize Winners, Bruce Russell, p. 144"
5. Web site: Finding Aid for the Bruce Alexander Russell papers. 2010-09-18.