Ann Telnaes

Washington, D.C.

Editorial cartoonist Education: California Institute of the Arts, BFA, Character Animation Program Ann Telnaes creates editorial cartoons in various mediums — animation, visual essays, live sketches and traditional print — for The Washington Post. She won the Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for her print cartoons and the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year for 2016. Telnaes’s print work was shown in a solo exhibition at the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress in 2004. Her first book, "Humor’s Edge," was published by Pomegranate Press and the Library of Congress in 2004. A collection of Vice President Cheney cartoons, "Dick," was self-published by Telnaes and Sara Thaves in 2006. Her latest book is "Trump's ABC," published in 2018 by Fantagraphics. Her work has also been exhibited in Paris, Jerusalem and Lisbon. Telnaes attended California Institute of the Arts and graduated with a bachelor of fine arts, specializing in character animation. Before beginning her career as an editorial cartoonist, Telnaes worked for several years as a designer for Walt Disney Imagineering. She has also animated and designed for various studios in Los Angeles, New York, London and Taiwan. Other awards include: The National Cartoonists Society Reuben division award for Editorial Cartoons (2016), The National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award (2006), The Maggie Award, Planned Parenthood (2002), 15th Annual International Dutch Cartoon Festival (2007), the National Headliner Award (1997), the Population Institute XVII Global Media Awards (1996) and the Sixth Annual Environmental Media Awards (1996). Telnaes is a past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and is a member of the National Cartoonists Society. Honors & Awards:

Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, 2001
National Cartoonists Society Reuben division award for Editorial Cartoons, 2016
National Press Foundation’s Berryman Award, 2006
The Maggie Award, Planned Parenthood, 2002
15th Annual International Dutch Cartoon Festival, 2007
National Headliner Award, 1997
Population Institute XVII Global Media Awards, 1996
Sixth Annual Environmental Media Awards, 1996

Latest from Ann Telnaes

Opinion

Time to fumigate the White House

Trump is still refusing to concede the election.

Nov 14, 2020

Opinion

Trump’s five stages of grief

President Trump is having trouble coming to terms that he’s lost the election to President-elect Biden.

Nov 8, 2020

Opinion

Madam Vice President

Kamala Harris is the first woman to be elected to the office of vice president.

Nov 7, 2020

Opinion

The American terrorist

Trump is intent on destroying Americans’ confidence in our democratic voting system, as he so clearly showed in Thursday’s press conference.

Nov 6, 2020

Opinion

Trump’s election meltdown

President Trump continues to spread lies and misinformation about ballot counts

Nov 5, 2020

Opinion

The descent of Trump

Editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes tracks the downward trajectory of Trump, starting with his Trump Tower escalator ride.

Nov 3, 2020

Opinion

Trump’s rat’s nest

Hopefully President Trump's ship has started to sink.

Nov 2, 2020

Opinion

Trump’s trick

President Trump continues to spread misinformation about the coronavirus situation.

Oct 30, 2020

Opinion

Trump continues to leave destruction in his wake

President Trump strips protections for Alaska’s Tongass National Forest, opening up one of the world’s largest intact temperate rainforest to logging companies.

Oct 28, 2020

Opinion

The swearing-in of Amy Coney Barrett

President Trump swears in his ace in the hole.

Oct 26, 2020