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Jeff MacNelly

American editorial cartoonist (1947-2000) · United States · On the map · Journalists · Died at 52

Jeffrey Kenneth MacNelly was an American editorial cartoonist and the creator of the comic strip Shoe. After Shoe had been established in papers, MacNelly created the single-panel strip Pluggers.

Jeff MacNelly is read about 18 times a day, in 5 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 21 June 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.

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2000Died8 June 20001985Pulitzer Prize for Editorial CartooningAward1979Reuben AwardAward1978Pulitzer Prize for Editorial CartooningAwardReuben AwardAward1977George Polk AwardAwardSilver Reuben Editorial Cartoons AwardAward1972Pulitzer Prize for Editorial CartooningAward1970Golden Plate AwardAward1947Born17 September 1947

Awards

Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning1985
Reuben Award1979
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning1978
Reuben Award1978
George Polk Award1977
Silver Reuben Editorial Cartoons Award1977
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning1972
Golden Plate Award1970

About this person

The Wall Street Journal wrote: "MacNelly's superb draftsmanship as well as his heightened sense of the ridiculous is in the vanguard of a new generation of American cartoonists."

Country
United States
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1947 to 2000 · aged 52