Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes has resigned from the Washington Post after more than 15 years, accusing her editor of killing a drafted cartoon because of its mocking depiction of the publication’s owner, Jeff Bezos and President-elect Donald Trump.
Telnaes, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 2001, explained why she is “quitting the Washington Post” in a Friday post on Substack that showed her drawing of Bezos and other wealthy figures bowing down to Trump.
“I’ve worked for the Washington Post since 2008 as an editorial cartoonist. I have had editorial feedback and productive conversations — and some differences — about cartoons I have submitted for publication, but in all that time I’ve never had a cartoon killed because of who or what I chose to aim my pen at. Until now,” the cartoonist wrote.
“The cartoon that was…
