Draper Hill Explained

Draper Hill (1935 – May 13, 2009) was an American cartoonist and writer.^[1]

He was educated at Harvard University and from 1958 until 1964 he worked as a reporter and cartoonist for The Patriot Ledger.^[1] He was also the editorial cartoonist for the Memphis Commercial Appeal (1971 -1976) and the Detroit News (1976-1999).^[1]

Works

• Cartoon and Caricature from Hogarth to Hoffnung (1962).
• Mr. Gillray: The Caricaturist, A Biography (1965).
• Fashionable Contrasts: Caricatures by James Gillray (1966).
• The Satirical Etchings of James Gillray (1976).
• (with John Adler), Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves (2008).

Notes and References

1. 'L. Draper Hill, editorial cartoonist with Ledger roots, dies', The Patriot Ledger (May 18, 2009).