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Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) is
the editorial cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun and The Economist
magazine of London.
After graduating from
Harvard College with honors in 1977, Kevin embarked on a bicycle tour of
the British Isles, where he joined the Brighton Basketball Club as a
player and coach. After the club hit financial difficulties, Kevin drew
caricatures of tourists in Trafalgar Square and on Brighton Pier. In
March 1978, The Economist recruited him to become their first resident
cartoonist in their 145 year history.
Kevin spent the next 10 years working in London as a cartoonist for such
publications as The Observer, The Sunday Telegraph, Today and
The Mail on Sunday.
Kevin returned to the U.S. in 1988 to join The Sun as its editorial
cartoonist. He continues to draw two cartoons per week for The
Economist, sending the drawings to London via the Internet.
KAL's work for The Sun and The Economist has appeared in
more than 100 publications worldwide, including Le Monde, Der Spiegel,
Pravda, Krokodil, Daily Yomiuri, The Australian, New York Times, Time,
Newsweek, U.S. News and
World Report, and
The Washington Post. His cartoons are distributed worldwide by
Cartoonarts International and the New York Times Syndicate.
Kevin has won many awards for his work including the 2004 "Gillray Goblet"
for Cartoon of the year as presented by the Political Cartoon Society of
Great Britain. The 1999, 2002 and 2005 Thomas Nast Award presented by the
Overseas Press Club of America. The 2002 Berryman award presented by the
National Press Foundation. The 1996 Grafica Internazionale Award at the
International Festival of Satire in Pisa, Italy. The 1990 award for Best
Editorial Cartoon at the Witty World International Cartoon Festival in
Budapest, Hungary and the 1982 Feature Cartoonist of the Year Award as
presented by the Cartoonist Club Of Great Britain. 
He published a collection of his Economist drawings entitled
Drawn from The Economist (1988) and three collections of his
Baltimore Sun cartoons entitled KALtoons (1992), KAL Draws a
Crowd (1996) and KAL Draws the Line (2000).
In 1995, Kevin was invited by The Walter's Art Gallery to curate the
celebrated exhibit "Worth a Thousand Words: A Picture of Contemporary
Political Satire". Kevin's work has also been exhibited at the Tate
Gallery in London and the Library of Congress in Washington. He has had
one man exhibitions in London, New York, Washington, and Baltimore.
In 1999, The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons said of Kevin "Commanding a
masterful style, Kallaugher stands among the premier caricaturists of the
(twentieth) century."
Kevin Kallaugher is past President of the Association of American
Editorial Cartoonists, and is current President of Cartoonists Rights
Network.
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