Editorial cartoons

By Stacie Lewis

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Chris Britt has been challenging and entertaining reader s with his editorial cartoons since 1991. His award-winning work offers commentary on national and international events. His work runs regularly in Illinois Times, and he has worked as a cartoonist at the State Journal-Register and other newspapers across the nation. His work has been published in news magazines such as Newsweek, Newsweek Japan, Time, U.S. News and World Report, the New York Times, the Washington Post and USA Today, and also been aired on CNN's "Inside Politics," MSNBC, Fox News and ABC's "Good Morning America." Britt won first place for editorial cartooning from the Washington Press Association in 1995, the National Press Foundation's Berryman Award as editorial cartoonist of the year in 1994 and the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning from the Society of Professional Journalists in 2009. The exhibit features a selection of his cartoons, which draw attention to some of the key events and issues in the recent past. They showcase Britt's powerful and thought-provoking navigation through the landscape of American politics. llcc.edu.

"A Year in the Life of Chris Britt"

Through Fri., Feb. 14

Weekdays 8 a.m.-4 p.m.

Lincoln Land

Community College

James S. Murray Gallery

5250 Shepherd Road

217-786-2200

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