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.

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February

• Office romance (Feb. 12)
• Damn cartoonists (Feb. 11)
• Cartoon power (Feb. 10)
• Curious George (Feb. 9)
• Iran's nuclear ambitions (Feb. 8)
• Stahler cartoon: Free speech (Feb. 7)
• Stahler cartoon: Mining (Feb. 6)
• Super Bowl (Feb. 5)
• Ken Lay's Fudged recipe (Feb. 3)
• Addiction to oil (Feb. 2)

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  January

• Democratic response (Jan. 31)
• Government surveillance (Jan. 29)
• Blame Taft (Jan. 27)
• Ohio (Jan. 26)
• Outsourcing (Jan. 25)
• West Wing (Jan. 24)
• Google (Jan. 22)
• Congressional reform (Jan. 20)
• Congress (Jan. 19)
• Suicide law (Jan. 18)
• Stahler cartoon: Ney (Jan. 17)
• Stahler cartoon: Cough Syrup (Jan. 16)
• Girl Scout sales (Jan. 15)
• Revised edition (Jan. 13)
• Supreme Court hearings (Jan. 12)
• Cell phones (Jan. 11)
• Justice is blind -- and deaf (Jan. 10)
• Stahler cartoon: Privacy (Jan. 9)
• Stahler cartoon: Lobbying Congress (Jan. 8)
• Evolution (Jan. 7)
• Bob Ney (Jan. 6)
• High cost of energy (Jan. 5)
• Stahler cartoon: Ginn (Jan. 4)
• New Year's resolutions (Jan. 1)

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  December

• Google (Dec. 31)
• Airline woes (Dec. 29)
• Democracy (Dec. 25)
• Drug plan information (Dec. 23)
• Toyota outpacing GM (Dec. 22)
• Domestic spying (Dec. 21)
• Bush's ears (Dec. 20)
• The Patriot Act (Dec. 18)
• King Kong (Dec. 17)
• Satellite radio (Dec. 16)
• Iraqi democracy (Dec. 15)
• Visit with Santa (Dec. 14)
• King Kong (Dec. 13)
• Wise men (Dec. 11)
• Definition of torture (Dec. 10)
• Music store sections (Dec. 9)
• Fiesta Bowl Tickets (Dec. 8)
• Supreme Court justice (Dec. 4)
• Planted stories (Dec. 2)
• Iraq plan (Dec. 1)

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