Monte Wolverton (1948,Vancouver, Washington) is an Americaneditorial cartoonist who is best known for hissatiric pages inMad, hisWeekly Wolvertoon website and his contributions as associate editor ofThe Plain Truth.[1]
As the son of cartoonistBasil Wolverton, he grew up in thePacific Northwest, surrounded by imaginative illustrations and cartoons, and attended college in Los Angeles. In the early 1970s, he launched his career as a graphic designer and saw his first cartoon and comics published inCAR-toons,CB Radio,Creative Computing andYouth.[1]
In the late 1970s, he relocated back to the Pacific Northwest for full-time freelancing in illustration, magazine art direction, advertising and publication design, corporate image and creative consulting. In 1985, he returned to California to serve as art director forThe Plain Truth, taking on more editorial duties as the years passed. He expanded his editorial cartooning in the mid-1990s at the same time he began contributing toMad, drawing ten pieces for the magazine between 1994 and 2002.[2] His work is currentlysyndicated byCagle Cartoons to over 800 newspapers.[1][3]
Wolverton is also a painter, sculptor, and writer. He has authored two novels, "Chasing 120" (2014) and "The Remnant" (2016).
A member of theNational Cartoonists Society and theAssociation of American Editorial Cartoonists,[4] Wolverton lives in southwest Washington State with his wife Kaye.
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