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John Fischetti was born on 27 September, 1916 in Brooklyn, New York, United States, is an American cartoonist. Discover John Fischetti's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?

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Age 64 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 27 September, 1916
Birthday 27 September
Birthplace Brooklyn, New York, United States
Date of death 18 November, 1980
Died Place United States
Nationality United States

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1916

John R.. Fischetti (September 27, 1916 – November 18, 1980) was an editorial cartoonist for the New York Herald Tribune and the Chicago Daily News.

1937

At 19, Fischetti began studying commercial art at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, where he continued his education for three years (1937–1940).

Then he moved to California, where he worked for the Walt Disney Studio in Burbank.

Fischetti's job with Disney lasted only nine months, due to the work's strain on his eyes.

1941

While pursuing freelance work, Fischetti began his career as an editorial cartoonist at the Chicago Sun in 1941.

Some of his freelance work appeared in such publications as Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's.

1942

Fischetti served 1942–1945 as a radio operator and army sergeant during World War II.

1945

In 1945 he joined the staff of Stars & Stripes as a war-time artist with Dick Wingert and other war-time cartoonists.

1951

From 1951 to 1962 Fischetti was a syndicated cartoonist for the Newspaper Enterprise Association.

1960

By the 1960s, as his style matured, he began using a horizontal pen-and-ink style that betrayed his roots in animation, Fischetti satirized politics, fads and social issues.

1962

He also received the National Cartoonists Society's Editorial Cartoon Award in 1962, 1963, 1964, and 1965.

The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award, usually referred to as the John Fischetti Award, is given annually to a staff, syndicated or regularly published professional cartoonist for cartoons on current social and political subjects (including sports and entertainment) published in a daily or weekly newspaper or regularly published periodical (including Internet publications) in the United States.

They are administered by the Journalism Department of Columbia College Chicago.

1967

He then joined the New York Herald Tribune, departing in 1967 when that paper folded.

In 1967 he moved back to Chicago and joined the Chicago Daily News, which ceased publication in 1978.

1969

He received a Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1969 and numerous awards from the National Cartoonists Society.

The Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award, also known as the John Fischetti Award, is named after him.

Fischetti was born in Brooklyn, New York, where his Italian father was a barber.

As a teenager during the Great Depression, he worked various jobs, including one at a hotel where Rollin Kirby, one of his influences, lived.

In 1969, he won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in honor of the body of his work.

1973

He published a compilation of his cartoons Zinga Zinga Za in 1973.

Fischetti, like many of his colleagues, favored heavy use of crayon, pencil or ink brush in a vertical format at the beginning of his post-war career.

1980

He joined Bill Mauldin at the Chicago Sun-Times two years before he died of a heart attack in 1980.