Glenn McCoy

Glenn McCoy
Born1965 (age 53–54)
OccupationCartoonist

Glenn McCoy (born 1965) is a conservative American cartoonist, whose work includes the comic strip The Duplex and the daily panel he does with his brother Gary entitled The Flying McCoys. McCoy previously produced editorial cartoons until May 2018, when he refocused his career on animations after being discharged from his job of 22 years at the Belleville News-Democrat [1] All three cartoon features are syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication.[2]

His cartoons almost invariably take a conservative perspective, among other things entailing entreaties on behalf of the unborn[3][4], as well as emphasizing the "CHRIST" in a "Merry Christmas!" greeting[5] and other explicitly Christian messaging[6]. He frequently targeted former President Obama, even after Obama was no longer president[7][8][9], but has so far refrained from offering meaningful criticism of the presidency of Donald Trump. He also targeted "Democrats", labeled by word in his cartoons, at least ten times between 2016 and when he was terminated in 2018, yet never criticized "Republicans" in the same way. The subject of allegedly downtrodden conservatives was also a common element in his work, particularly during the last several years of his career[10][11][12][13] . He helped to further the pronounced conservative victim narrative that became prominent in American political discourse in the early 21st century.

He frequently accused others of "petty politics"[14], yet he was more guilty than most of practicing the very same, with frequent disparagements of Democrats and those with leftist beliefs with whom he disagreed[15][16][17][18][19][20][21]. After ostensibly quitting his profession in the wake of receiving fierce criticism for his "Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos" cartoon, receiving vitriol not dissimilar from what he had doled out to others in the past, he was accused of being an intellectual bully "who could dish it out but couldn't take it". The editorial that bid him adieu as he departed from the News-Democrat states, "Political discourse is no longer a battle of ideas, but is now filled with personal attacks. Those attacks too often progress beyond character assassination to actual threats to livelihood and people."[22] It was subsequently observed that this statement is hypocritical, coming on behalf of a man who once equated an abortion clinic shooter with an actual abortionist.[23]

Life

Glenn McCoy was born in 1965 and began drawing at the age of 4 under the supervision of his older brother and grandfather. His interest in cartoons and daily strips caused him to work as a cartoonist in newspapers published in his grade school, high school and college. He graduated from Southern Illinois University with a bachelor's degree in fine arts and graphic design.

After graduation, McCoy started as an art director/editorial cartoonist for the Belleville News-Democrat in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois. He also began working for Playboy as a gag cartoonist in 1992. One year later he created his best-known comic strip—The Duplex.

Work

In 1993, Glenn McCoy began his comic strip The Duplex, syndicated by Universal Press Syndicate.

Glenn McCoy illustrated the Legend of Spud Murphy by Eoin Colfer which was published in 2004.

In 2005, Glenn and his brother Gary launched The Flying McCoys—a single panel comic that's syndicated through Universal Press (featured in The Los Angeles Times, Chicago Sun Times, Washington Post and about 150 other clients). The brothers switch writing and art duties on a daily basis.

McCoy has also become known for his editorial cartoons published through the Belleville News-Democrat. In 2008, Daily Kos and Mother Jones both commented that one of his cartoons portraying Barack Obama's opposition to the Born-Alive Infants Protection Act was "in extremely poor taste".[24][25] In 2017, Chelsea Clinton publicly rebuked one of McCoy's political cartoons, Trying to Trash Betsy DeVos, which drew heavily from The Problem We All Live With by Norman Rockwell.[26] He published his final editorial cartoon on May 21, 2018 after he was laid off from the Belleville News-Democrat.[27]

McCoy worked as a storyboard artist for Despicable Me, Despicable Me 2, and Minions.[28] and also wrote Tall Tails, a comic about Mickey Mouse and Goofy, for the Disney Adventures magazine.

Awards received

  • National Cartoonist Society awarded the following awards to Glenn McCoy:
    • Editorial Cartoon Award for 1997 (he has been nominated again in 2007).
    • Gag Cartoon Award for 1996, 2002, 2003, 2005 and 2009 (nominated for the Gag Cartoon Award in 1997 and 1999).
    • Greeting Card Award for 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011 and 2014.
    • Newspaper Comic Strip for 2004 and 2011, for his work on The Duplex.
    • Newspaper Panel for 2010, for his work of Flying McCoys

References

  1. ^ "Farewell to BND editorial cartoonist Glenn McCoy—Belleville News-Democrat".
  2. ^ "Laugh Lines". The New York Times. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  3. ^ ""the Forgotten Dreamers"/".
  4. ^ ""Hillary & Abortion"".
  5. ^ ""merry CHRIST-mas!"".
  6. ^ ""What a glorious son rise!"".
  7. ^ ""Obama's Syria mess"".
  8. ^ ""How can I miss you when you won't go away?"".
  9. ^ ""Journalism 101"".
  10. ^ ""Political activism training camp"".
  11. ^ ""The Mueller Team".
  12. ^ ""College Thought Police"".
  13. ^ ""Conservative"".
  14. ^ ""She just got fed up with all the petty politics and left - Statue of Liberty"".
  15. ^ ""Statue of Loonacy"".
  16. ^ ""Scouts"".
  17. ^ ""Luckily CBS never takes out the trash - Colbert"".
  18. ^ ""Hillary Chinese flag"".
  19. ^ ""ISIS killing Catholic priest as Obama watches"".
  20. ^ ""If Hillary is elected jobs will leave"".
  21. ^ ""Antifa beating Uncle Sam"".
  22. ^ https://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article211257414.html. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  23. ^ ""Mass shooters are abortionist impersonators"".
  24. ^ "The Sickest Editorial Cartoon In History". Daily Kos. 2008-08-19.
  25. ^ Jonathan Stein (2008-08-20). "Dear Lord, Glenn McCoy. That Is One Nasty Cartoon". Mother Jones. Retrieved 2012-03-08.
  26. ^ Murphy, Brian (14 February 2017). "Chelsea Clinton echoes social outrage over cartoon comparing DeVos to Ruby Bridges". Kansas City Star. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved 15 February 2017.
  27. ^ http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article211257414.html
  28. ^ Roger Schlueter (2015-06-03). "Glenn McCoy puts minions to work on his Duplex". Belleville News-Democrat (newspaper). Retrieved 2015-08-05.

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