Mark Fiore

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Mark Fiore is an American political cartoonist specializing in Flash-animated editorial cartoons.

Fiore lives in San Francisco, California and his cartoons have appeared in numerous American papers and a number of websites. He studied political science at Colorado College and was a staff cartoonist for the San Jose Mercury News. He left newspapers for animated online comics in 2001,^[1] and he currently makes animated editorial cartoons for his website, [1], where he also sells DVD's of his cartoons. He is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.

Fiore's comics were included in Ted Rall's Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists, along with other web-comics such as Dinosaur Comics, Diesel Sweeties, Fetus-X, and The Perry Bible Fellowship.^[2] In their review of Attitude 3, the American Library Association's Booklist called Fiore's cartoons a standout for their "unique and personal" vision. ^[3]

[edit] Awards

Fiore was awarded an Online Journalism Award by the Online News Association and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He won the National Cartoonist Society New Media Award for 2001 and 2002, and was nominated for the same award in 2000. He also won the 2005 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the category of cartoons.

[edit] References

^ Summers, Nick (December 18, 2006). "Satire: Singing a Different 'Toon". Newsweek, Pg. 14
^ Rall, Ted (2006). Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists, New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine. ISBN 1-56163-465-4.
^ Flagg, Gordon (August 2006). "Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists". Booklist, Pg. 23