Jeff Stahler
Jab, poke, stick, skewer, prod, pinch, slice, dice, lambaste, lampoon,
belittle, slap, wallop, ridicule, scorn, mourn, embrace, criticize, satirize
and eulogize. This is the unique language of political cartoonist Jeff Stahler.
Editorial cartoonist for The Columbus Dispatch, Stahler’s editorial cartoons
are distributed worldwide by Newspaper Enterprise Association. His cartoons
appear every week in USA Today and are frequently reprinted in major magazines
and newspapers, including Newsweek and The New York Times.
In addition to his
editorial cartoons, he creates the slice-of-life daily comic panel “Moderately
Confused” for NEA.
Stahler was a finalist for the National Cartoonists
Society’s 1999 Reuben division award for Best Editorial Cartoons and has won
numerous national and local awards, including first place in the 1990 John
Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition. According to Stahler, the most
difficult part of his profession is “dry days,” and the most satisfying part is
“those days when I can load my ink cannon with fodder faster than I can fire
it.”
A native of Bellefontaine, Ohio, Stahler graduated from the Columbus
College of Art and Design in 1977 with a bachelor of fine arts degree. Before
joining The Columbus Dispatch, he was editorial cartoonist for The Cincinnati
Post for 19 years. He lives in Cincinnati with his wife, Jeani, and their
children, Maggie and Alex.