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The editorial cartoons of Pulitzer Prize winner Ann Telnaes provide a reality check to her many fans. In "Humor's Edge," an exhibition at the Library that runs through Sept. 4, 55 cartoons provide a reality check for the world as Telnaes sees it. |
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Telnaes' series of cartoons on the contentious presidential election of 2000 won her the Pulitzer -- only the second one to be awarded to a woman for editorial cartooning. Born in 1960 in Stockholm, Telnaes became a U.S. citizen when she was 13. In 1984, she began her career in animation and gradually became interested in cartooning as she became more politicized. She moved to Washington, D.C., in 1993 and now devotes herself primarily to political cartooning. Her drawings consistently uphold the finest tradition of the "gentlemanly art" of graphic satire. Telnaes' work spans a broad range of important issues, such as the state of civil rights, the separation of church and state, the presidential election of 2000, the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, overconsumption, corporate scandals and the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
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