Bruce Russell (cartoonist)

Bruce Alexander Russell (August 4, 1903 – December 18, 1963) was an American editorial cartoonist and comics artist.

Russell with his Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoon

After studying at the Southern branch of the University of California, where he worked for the Cub Californian,^[1] he was hired for the Los Angeles Times as a sports cartoonist in 1927. He also drew a nationally syndicated cartoon, Rollo Rollingstone (for AP Newsfeatures) during the early 1930s. In 1934, he became the lead cartoonist for the Times, a position he held until his death of a heart attack.^[2]

Russell won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1946. His winning cartoon, entitled "Time to Bridge that Gulch," shows an American eagle and a Russian bear facing each other over a gulch filled with "irresponsible statements" and "deepening suspicions."^[3][4]

His papers are held at University of California, Los Angeles.^[5]

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