Oliphant
Americannoun
noun
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Oliphant and Gerstenzang are former Times staff writers.
From Los Angeles Times
For as clichéd a piece of music as it is, Edvard Grieg’s “In the Hall of the Mountain King” is a perfectly appropriate score for a film about the life and work of political cartoonist Pat Oliphant.
From Salon
In a career spanning 61 years, over 10,000 cartoons, 24 illustrated collections and one Pulitzer, Oliphant established himself as one of the world’s preeminent political cartoonists.
From Salon
Like Peer Gynt in search of a greater truth, Oliphant willingly pitted himself against larger-than-life beasts and lived to tell the tale.
From Salon
No person, be they an American president or a civilian critic, could make Oliphant put down his pen — though it wasn’t for lack of trying.
From Salon
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