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Joel Pett is an American editorial cartoonist and Pulitzer Prize winner. He is the editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader in Kentucky. He has been drawing cartoons since he was a child, and his work has been featured in The New York Times, USA Today, and The Washington Post. Pett was born in Bloomington, Indiana, and graduated from Indiana University in 1975 with a degree in journalism. He began his career as a staff artist for the Bloomington Herald-Telephone, and then moved to the Lexington Herald-Leader in 1979. Pett has won numerous awards for his work, including the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2000. He has also been honored with the National Cartoonists Society's Reuben Award for Editorial Cartooning in 2001, and the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in 2002. Pett is married to his wife, Mary, and they have two children. He is 67 years old.

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Age 71 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 1 September, 1953
Birthday 1 September
Birthplace Bloomington, Indiana, USA
Nationality United States

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2009

Pett is perhaps best known for his cartoon featuring an attendee at a climate summit asking "What if it's a big hoax and we create a better world for nothing?," which first appeared in USA Today in December of 2009 before the 2009 United Nations Climate Change Conference. Shortly after the conference was over, Pett got a request for a signed copy from former EPA administrator Lisa P. Jackson. Pett has repeatedly gotten requests from over 40 environmental groups, in the United States, Canada and Europe to use the cartoon in campaigns. The Australian Greens used it in a campaign which resulted in the Australian parliament adopting the most rigorous carbon tax regime of any country in the world.

1999

Mr. Pett also received the 1999 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartoons highlighting the plight of the disadvantaged, and the 1995 Global Media Award for cartoons on population issues. He is a past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists, and a past Pulitzer juror. He has conducted three overseas seminars on editorial cartooning as a guest speaker of the U.S. State Department.

1989

Pett was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1989 and 1998 before winning in 2000. Pett is also the winner of the 1999 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for cartooning, and a 1995 winner of the Global Media Award for cartoons on population issues.

1984

After college at Indiana University, he began doing freelance cartooning jobs for over nine years. In April 1984, he joined the Lexington Herald-Leader as their staff cartoonist.

1959

Pett was born in Bloomington, Indiana. He moved to Ibadan, Nigeria with his family in 1959 before returning to America in 1964.

1953

Joel W. Pett (born September 1, 1953) is an American Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader. His cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Content Agency.

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