Ben Sargent
Ben Sargent is the Texas Observer's longtime cartoonist. He launched his career drawing editorial cartoons for the Austin American-Statesman in 1974. He was born in Amarillo into a newspaper family and learned the printing trade from age 12 and started working for the local daily as a proof runner at 14. He attended Amarillo College and received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Texas at Austin in 1970. Sargent won the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning in 1982. He has also received awards from Women in Communications, Inc., Common Cause of Texas, and Cox Newspapers. He is the author of Texas Statehouse Blues (1980) and Big Brother Blues (1984).
Articles by Ben Sargent
Loon Star: The Year in Cartoons
A diary of this hell year via the inimitable Ben Sargent.
Loon Star: The U.S. Department of Denial
Keep calm and carry on.
Loon Star State: Autocratic for the People
How ’bout that debate?
Loon Star: Trampled Liberty
The latest cartoon from Ben Sargent.
Loon Star: Greg Abbott’s Rickety Ship
Hoist the tops! Lower the tops!