Ed Stein (cartoonist) explained

Edward Alan Stein (born November 22, 1946) is a liberal American cartoonist and former editorial cartoonist for the now-closed Rocky Mountain News in Denver, Colorado. Stein drew editorial cartoons five days a week, and previously published a local daily comic strip called Denver Square. Stein continues to draw editorial cartoons, which are syndicated by United Media, and have been printed in newspapers across the world in many languages. On September 20, 2010, Stein launched a syndicated national comic strip, entitled Freshly Squeezed.^[1]

Education

Stein attended high school in Waco, Texas and college at the University of Denver, graduating with a B.F.A in 1969.^[2]

Other work

Stein worked for many Colorado-based publications including Cervi's Journal and The Rocky Mountain Business Journal (since renamed Colorado Business Journal). For a short while, he was co-publisher of the College Press Service,^[3] before joining the Rocky Mountain News as staff editorial cartoonist in 1978,^[4] a position he held until the paper's 2009 closure.

He was the President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC)^[4] in 1988.

In 2006, Stein co-hosted the 2006 AAEC Cartoonist's Convention, which was held in Denver.^[5]

Awards and prizes

• Scripps Howard National Journalism Award for Editorial Cartooning, 1999.^[6]
• Special Category Award for Cartoons Relating to September 11 and Honorable Mention, Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, 2002.
• John Fischetti Award for Editorial Cartooning, 2006.^[7]
• James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism and Cartooning with a Conscience 2008.^[8]

Bibliography

• Book: Stein, Ed. 1. Denver Square: We Need a Bigger House. Pelican Publishing Company. 2002. 978-1589801158. — a collection of cartoons about life in Denver from Stein's Denver Square comic strip
• Book: Stein, Ed. 1. Stein's Way: Editorial Cartoons by Ed Stein. Denver Pub. Co. . 1983. 978-0914807018.

External links

• • Editorial Cartoons Blog at RockyMountainNews.com
• Denver Square Blog at RockyMountainNews.com

Notes and References

1. News: The Daily Cartoonist. New Comics: Ed Stein's 'Freshly Squeezed'. Sep 20, 2010.
2. Web site: United Feature Syndicate Newspaper Enterprise Association. Ed Stein. https://web.archive.org/web/20070804161928/http://www.unitedfeatures.com/ufsapp/viewFeature.do?id=118 . 2007-08-04 .
3. News: Stratton. Jim. POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS IRRITATE CARTOONIST. Daily Press. Apr 3, 1992.
4. Web site: Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. AAEC - Cartoonist Profile: Ed Stein. https://web.archive.org/web/20181221184113/https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist/profile.cfm/SteinE/. Dec 21, 2018.
5. Web site: Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Convention Roundup. June 19, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20080928090446/https://editorialcartoonists.com/news/article.cfm/616. Sep 28, 2008.
6. FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARDS WINNERS. Feb 22, 2000. Scripps.
7. News: The Daily Cartoonist. Ed Stein wins the Fischetti Award. Alan . Gardner. Mar 11, 2006.
8. Web site: Winners cartooning « Aronson Awards . 2014-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140810154546/http://brie.hunter.cuny.edu/aronson/?page_id=649 . 2014-08-10 . dead .