Jerry Holbert
Jerry W. Holbert (November 9, 1958 – August 2, 2022) was an American cartoonist best known for his political cartoons. Holbert had a syndicated editorial comic strip. He received the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award for the year 2000.
Holbert was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on November 9, 1958,[1] and grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey.[2]
Holbert worked for the Boston Herald newspaper, where he published editorial cartoons. In October 2014, Holbert came under criticism for what many people viewed as a racist depiction of United States President Barack Obama which used the watermelon stereotype: Holbert pictured a White House intruder using the president's bathtub while recommending to Obama the use of watermelon-flavored toothpaste.[3][4][5] After negative public reaction, Holbert and the Boston Herald apologized. The nationally syndicated version of the cartoon changed the toothpaste flavor prior to the cartoon's release, but the Herald version was not changed .[6]
In 2015, Holbert began manifesting symptoms of frontotemporal dementia. As a result, he retired from the Herald in 2018, but with his wife's assistance, continued drawing for Andrews McMeel until November 2020. He was formally diagnosed in August 2020.[7]
Holbert died in Derry, New Hampshire on August 2, 2022, at the age of 63.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Jerry W. Holbert". Current Obituary. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
- ^ Jerry Holbert Editorial Cartoons, United Feature Syndicate. Accessed August 2, 2007. "Born in Middletown, N.J., in 1958, Holbert aspired to cartooning as a young child".
- ^ "Boston Herald: Sorry If We Offended With Obama-Watermelon Cartoon". TPM. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ "YES, THIS RAN IN TODAY'S BOSTON HERALD". Jim Romensko. October 1, 2014. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Boss, Owen (October 1, 2014). "Herald cartoonist apologizes for Obama cartoon". Boston Herald. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Cascone, Sarah (October 1, 2014). "Herald cartoonist apologizes for Obama cartoon". ArtNet. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
- ^ Rare form of dementia ‘just takes everything’, by Jessica Heslam, in the Boston Herald; published January 6, 2020; retrieved May 13, 2024
External links
- NCS Awards
- Boston Herald Jerry Holbert Cartoon Page dead link
- gocomics.com Jerry Holbert Cartoon Page
- Holbert's Obama/watermelon cartoon (reprinted in ArtNet criticism)
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(current)
- 9 Chickweed Lane
- Alley Oop
- Arlo and Janis
- Baby Blues
- Betty
- Big Nate
- The Born Loser
- Brevity
- The Buckets
- Drabble
- F Minus
- Frank & Ernest
- Frazz
- Get Fuzzy
- Graffiti
- Grand Avenue
- The Grizzwells
- Health Capsules
- Heart of the City
- Herman
- Jump Start
- Kidspot
- The Knight Life
- Lola
- Luann
- Marmaduke
- Moderately Confused
- Monty
- Nancy
- Off the Mark
- Over the Hedge
- Pearls Before Swine
- Prickly City
- Reality Check
- Rip Haywire
- Ripley's Believe It or Not!
- Rose Is Rose
- Shortcuts
- Tarzan
- Uncle Art's Funland
- Working Daze
(historical)
- Abbie an' Slats
- Alice in Wonderland
- Annibelle
- Ask Shagg
- Ben Casey
- Berry's World
- Boots and Her Buddies
- Bugs Bunny
- The Captain and the Kids
- Captain Easy / Wash Tubbs
- Casey Ruggles
- Committed
- Cow and Boy
- Diesel Sweeties
- Dilbert
- The Dropouts
- Eek & Meek
- Ella Cinders
- Everyday Movies
- Family Tree
- Ferd'nand
- Flapper Fanny Says
- For Better or For Worse
- The Doodle Family
- Freckles and His Friends
- Freshly Squeezed
- Fritzi Ritz
- Garfield
- Good Old Days
- Gordo
- Grin and Bear It
- Hawkshaw the Detective
- Herman
- Howdy Doody
- It's Only a Game
- Jane's World
- Jim Hardy
- Joe Jinks
- John Carter of Mars
- Kevin the Bold
- Kit 'n' Carlyle
- Li'l Abner
- Little Mary Mixup
- Long Sam
- Meg!
- Morty Meekle
- Our Boarding House
- Out Our Way
- The Outbursts of Everett True
- Peanuts
- Priscilla's Pop
- Raising Duncan
- Red Ryder
- Rudy Park
- Secret Asian Man
- Snake Tales
- Soup to Nutz
- Spot the Frog
- Star Hawks
- Tailspin Tommy
- There Oughta Be a Law!
- Twin Earths
- U.S. Acres
- Wright Angles
- Wee Pals
cartoons
- Robert Ariail
- Matt Bors
- Bill Day
- Jerry Holbert
- Drew Litton
- Henry Payne
- Rob Rogers
- Jeff Stahler
- Ed Stein
- Tad Bartimus
- Nat Hentoff
- Donald Lambro
- Kathryn Jean Lopez
- Gene Lyons
- Mary Mitchell
- Cokie Roberts and Steven V. Roberts
- Diana West
- Byron York
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