AAEC - Cartoonist Profile

David Donar

I was born and raised in the Detroit area. I began my political cartooning career in college for the Eastern Echo at Eastern Michigan University where I was a finalist for the Charles M Schulz cartoonist award in 1993. My first professional gig was at the Macomb Daily and then the Grosse Pointe News. My biggest influence was Draper Hill who was the Detroit News cartoonist from the 1970’s thru the 90’s. I am published in the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, by Charles Brooks. My cartoons are collected by the likes of Senator Carl Levin and in the Cartoon Library of Ohio State University. Aside from cartooning I am also an independent animator, and my work has been seen on MTV, PBS, IFC, Tech TV and festivals all over.

You can read more about me in an interview by the Pakistani Spectator.  I am a regular contributor to these diverse blogsites…Donkelphant.com and Bob McCarty Writes.