Charles Brooks (cartoonist)

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This article is about the editorial cartoonist. For other uses, see Charles Brooks (disambiguation).

Charles G. Brooks (born in Andalusia, Alabama) was a well-known editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham News in Birmingham, Alabama, USA.

Brooks was the winner of the 1959 "Sigma Delta Chi" award for editorial cartooning.

He has served as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and has edited an annual volume of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year since 1972 for Pelican Books.

[edit] References

  • Baggett, James L. (Spring 2004) "The Less Things Change: Charles Brooks and the Art of Alabama Politics." Alabama Heritage.
  • Reeves, Mary (February 28, 2003) "Cartoonist Brooks returns to Andalusia. Andalusia Star-News.

[edit] Publications

  • Brooks, Charles, ed. (May 1972) The Best Editorial Cartoons of 1972. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 0911116958
  • Brooks, Charles, ed. (February 2007) The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2007 Edition. Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 1589804597