Joe Sharpnack Collection

Collection

Identifier: MsC1231

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Abstract

This collection contains various renderings of Sharpnack cartoons, many being focused on political issues/trends from the 1980s-early 2000s. Along with cartoons are Sharpnack's cartoon flipbooks that he produced in the late 1990s.

Dates

Creation: 1980s-2000s

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Copyright status for collection materials may be unknown. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.) beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owner. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility and potential liability based on copyright infringement for any use rests exclusively and solely with the user. Users must properly acknowledge University of Iowa Libraries Special Collections & Archives as the source of the material. For further information, visit https://www.lib.uiowa.edu/sc/services/rights/

Biographical / Historical

Joe Sharpnack is an editorial cartoonist, originally based out of Iowa City, Iowa. Sharpnack received his degree from the University of Iowa in 1987 with a B.A. in English.

While studying at the University of Iowa, he began his career as a political cartoonist. The Daily Iowan published Sharpnack's first cartoon, "Campus Zero," on November 3rd, 1986, about Ronald Reagan and the Iran-Contra affair. While at the University of Iowa, his cartoons were syndicated by the The Washington Post. After graduating from Iowa, Sharpnack took his first job at Chicago's Daily Southtown.

He returned to Iowa after working in Chicago, maintaining almost 40 freelance jobs with newspapers across the United States.

Additional information can be found about Joe here