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Meet Dick Locher

Dick Locher's ability to capture the absurdities of life through political cartooning is known world wide. His impact as a widely recognized cartoonist and commentator on American life is seen in the numerous awards he has received, including the Pulitzer Prize.

Locher established his reputation as one of the leading editorial cartoonists at the Chicago Tribune, where he worked since 1973. His cartoons are nationally syndicated and have appeared in Life, Time, Newsweek, U.S. News and World Report, Forbes, Playboy, The Congressional Record and hundreds of newspapers throughout the world. In 1983, Locher assumed the duty of illustrating the comic strip DICK TRACY. (Early on in his career, Locher had assisted Dick Tracy's originator, Chester Gould.) Both DICK TRACY and Locher's editorial cartoons are syndicated by Tribune Media Services.

With the production and release of Warren Beatty's DICK TRACY movie, Locher found himself a wanted man. In addition to consulting for the movie makers, Locher was involved in the publicity for the film, and he appeared on nationwide media, including the television programs "20/20," "Entertainment Tonight" and "Good Morning America."

Locher was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1983. In 1987, he received the prestigious John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Award. In 1985, 1990 and 1991, he won the Peter Lisagor Award for excellence in journalism, presented by the Headline Club of Sigma Delta Chi. He won first place in the Overseas Press Club competition in both 1983 and 1984. In addition to the Pulitzer in 1983, Locher garnered top honors from the Sigma Delta Chi/Society of Professional Journalists and received the U.S. Industrial Council's Dragon Slayer Award and the Distinguished Health Journalism Award.

Locher also has a number of books to his credit, including Dick Locher Draws Fire, Send in the Clowns, Vote For Me, Where's the None of the Above Button? and The Daze of Whine and Neurosis. He has collaborated on several books, as well: Flying Can Be Fun with Michael Kilian and The Dick Tracy Casebook and Dick Tracy's Fiendish Foes with Max Collins.

Prior to joining the Chicago Tribune, Locher headed a sales promotion agency, was a painter, art director, sculptor, inventor and served in the U.S. Air Force as a pilot and aircraft designer.

Born in Dubuque, Iowa, Locher studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and the Art Center of Los Angeles. Locher and his wife Mary live in suburban Chicago. Their son Steve and daughter Jana also live in the area.