Political cartoonists taylor jones biography

The biting art of caricature has been around for hundreds of years, and who makes a better target than politicians? With Presidents’ Day nearly upon us, it’s worth another look at Heritage’s collection of presidential cartoons by syndicated political cartoonist Taylor Jones.

Jones has been drawing political cartoons since he was five years old, he just didn’t know it until he was in college.

After a childhood visit to the home of Thomas Jefferson, he devoured a book on the presidents and quickly memorized their names and faces.

Political cartoonists taylor jones biography

He was fascinated by Chester Alan Arthur’s muttonchops (and really, who isn’t?). The son of an illustrator, he used some of his father’s sketchpads and began his political cartooning career.

Fast-forward to adulthood, Jones became a syndicated political cartoonist whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, U.S.

News & World Report, The New Republic and The Chicago Tribune along with dozens of other newspapers and magazines. In this series of wor