Rollin Kirby

Rollin Kirby (September 4, 1875 in Galva, Illinois – May 8, 1952 in New York, New York) was an American political cartoonist. In 1922 he was chronologically the first winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning, an honor that he would receive three times.

Rollin Kirby
Kirby c. 1922
OccupationCartoonist
Known forPulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning

Kirby worked as a cartoonist at the New York Mail, New York World and the New York Post. His Pulitzer Prizes were for cartoons "On the Road to Moscow" (1921), "News from the Outside World" (1924), and "Tammany" (1928).

Select works
  • "On the Road to Moscow" depicts Death leading victims of the Russian famine of 1921
  • "News From the Outside World" comments on the United States' failure to join the League of Nations.
  • "Tammany!" portrays the Republican party as hypocritical in decrying the Tammany Hall political machine.
  • Propaganda cartoon used during World War II.
  • "Exploding in his Hands" comments on the Zimmermann Telegram

References
  • Webster's Biographical Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam Co., 1980.
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