(WPWG))There is a direct line between Trayvon Martin and Monday’s editorial cartooning Pulitzer. Bell, who lives in the Sacramento area, is the first African American recipient of the editorial cartooning Pulitzer, which has been awarded since 1922. His political cartoons are now syndicated by King Features. Real-life slayings of black men and teenagers in recent years, often at the hands of police, compelled Bell to express himself through political cartoons. “Political cartoons are at their best when their authors actually display some human emotions,” Bell told Comic Riffs in 2015.

Source: Washington Post April 15, 2019 20:08 UTC