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Aug 22, 1991 · Shoemaker, who won journalism’s top award twice, was 89 when he died Sunday, the Associated Press reported Wednesday. He created his “John Q. Public” as a victim of taxes and stupid officials.
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The term John Q. Public was the name of a character created by Vaughn Shoemaker, an editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News, in 1922. [3] Jim Lange, the editorial cartoonist for The Oklahoman for 58 years, was closely identified with a version of the John Q. Public character, [4] whom he sometimes also
John Q Public was invented in 1922; he was the creation of the cartoonist Vaughan Shoemaker. Shoemaker’s John Q. Public was a symbol for the “beleaguered American taxpayer,” according to the New York Times; he first appeared in the Chicago Daily News.
Aug 22, 1991 · Vaughn Shoemaker, an editorial cartoonist who created the character John Q. Public and won two Pulitzer Prizes, died Sunday at the Windsor Park Manor Medical Center in Carol Stream, Ill. He was...
Mar 20, 2015 · The editorial cartoonist Vaughn Shoemaker invented him for the Chicago Daily News to satirize how “taxes and stupid officials” made life hard on the average American.
Jun 15, 2022 · Vaughn Shoemaker (1902-1991) was an American cartoonist. Shoemaker served as editorial cartoonist for the Chicago Daily News from 1922-1952, where he created his famous character, John Q. Public.
Jim Lange, the editorial cartoonist for The Oklahoman for 58 years, was closely identified with a version of the John Q. Public character, whom he sometimes also called "Mr. Voter". Lange's version of the character was described as "bespectacled, mustachioed, fedora-wearing".
