CARTOONIST PROFILE

Bio

David G. Brown is an award-winning artist, educator and publisher.  He produces political cartoons, graphic novels and comic books with positive messages for young people. Brown is a former CTE instructor of Arts, Media and Entertainment for the Los Angeles Unified School District and taught Cartooning for the California Institute of the Arts.

Brown is the political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel and featured contributor to the Washington Post and the San Francisco Bay View newspapers. He has been awarded multiple prestigious Merit Awards for “Best Editorial Cartoon”by the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA). Pelican Publishing Company Inc.featured his work in their 2005 thru 2014 editions of the “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year.”His book, “Barack, Race and the Media: Drawing my own Conclusions” was awarded a NAACPImage award in 2009. The book is a collection of satirical cartoons highlighting the historicalPresidential run of Senator Barack Obama and other significant events affecting Americans.

He is the former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles. In 2011, he was awarded the Stockton State University School of Arts and Humanities’ Professional Achievement award and is a founding member of Stockton’s Alpha Alpha Chapter of the IOTA PHI THETA fraternity. An exhibiting artist, his work has been shown in the Bay Area and in and around Los Angeles. In October of 2009 the U.S. State Department and Brazilian Consulate sponsored an art exhibit and cultural exchange visit, selecting Brown to exhibit his political cartoons and comics in Brazil. His versatility as a commercial artist and designer has produced excellence in other areas including photography and multi-media, illustrated through his promotional work for clients Los Angeles International Airport, Automobile Club of Southern California, Warner Bros, City of Los Angeles, Wells Fargo Bank, California African American Museum, ABC-TV and others.