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Pat Bagley

Patrick "Pat" Bagley (born 1956) is an American editorial cartoonist and journalist for The Salt Lake Tribune in Salt Lake City, Utah, and an author and illustrator of several books.

Biography edit

Bagley was born in Salt Lake City and raised in Oceanside, California, where his father was mayor[1] and his mother was a school teacher.[2] Always interested in politics, Bagley participated in a PBS interview of Ronald Reagan when he was in high school.[1] As a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), he was a proselyting missionary in the Bolivia La Paz Mission from 1975 to 1977.[3] In 1978, he received his degree in political science (with a history minor)[2] from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah.[4]

Bagley has two sons, Miles and Alec. Will Bagley, Pat's older brother, is an accomplished historian of the western United States[2] and coauthored This is the Place!: A Crossroads of Utah's Past with Pat in 1996.

In October 2009, while reacting to recent statements by Dallin H. Oaks, an LDS Apostle, about gay marriage protesters and religious freedom, Bagley commented that he was "retired" from the church, though not bitter or angry, and considers his LDS life a "good experience" and "in my blood."[5]

Cartooning edit

In 1977,[4] during a finance class at BYU, Bagley doodled a political cartoon, which he submitted to the student newspaper, The Daily Universe. This became his first published cartoon, which was reprinted in Time Magazine just weeks later.[6] Bagley submitted more cartoons to the Universe and targeted campus issues, such as the Brigham Young University Honor Code. Some believe the attention from his cartoons helped change the policy.[7]

After graduation, Bagley briefly worked as a caricaturist in the nearby Orem Mall,[2] before being hired as the editorial cartoonist at The Salt Lake Tribune,[3] where he still produces a daily cartoon.[4] His cartoons have appeared in The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek and the Los Angeles Times. Over the years, he has produced more than 6,000 cartoons for the Tribune.[2] He is syndicated in over 450 American newspapers by Cagle Cartoons. Daryl Cagle ranks Bagley as the second most popular political cartoonist on his index.[8]

Bagley is also an illustrator and author of independent political cartoons and children's books. His liberal political stance contrasts with the conservative state of Utah, and has influenced several books of political cartoons and humor, including 101 Ways to Survive Four More Years of George W. Bush, Clueless George Goes To War!, Clueless George Is Watching You!, and Clueless George Takes on Liberals!.

Bagley describes himself as a moderate Republican who became a liberal independent during the presidency of George W. Bush. Bagley often addresses the predominant Utah culture of conservative politics and the LDS Church.[6] Bagley's joking about Jell-O consumption in Utah helped motivate the Utah State Senate to declare in an official 2001 Legislative Resolution that Jell-O is "a favorite snack food of Utah."[9]

In September 2020, Bagley drew a cartoon that showed a police officer looking at an X-ray for himself with a doctor. The doctor said "there’s your problem" while pointing to the X-ray which has the outline of a white hooded Ku Klux Klan figure.[10] The cartoon was condemned by law enforcement groups and led to a protest of The Salt Lake Tribune. Bagley defended himself, saying that "I went to some pains to show that not all police are racist....white supremacists make a point of infiltrating law enforcement. That’s a fact. That’s a problem."[11]

In April 2021, The Salt Lake Tribune published another Bagley cartoon that likened Utah congressman Burgess Owens (an African American) to a Ku Klux Klan member. Owens, who grew up in the segregated South, called the cartoon “pathetic.” Utah Senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney and Representatives Chris Stewart, John Curtis and Blake Moore issued a joint statement calling the cartoon "repugnant" while enjoining the Tribune to retract it and issue an apology.[12] Bagley responded by accusing Owens of promoting "dangerous conspiracy theories."[13]

Olympic pins edit

For the 2002 Salt Lake Olympics, Bagley designed many popular commemorative pins that poked fun at local themes, including a "Seven Brides for One Brother" pin and a "Crickets Make Me Barf" seagull pin.[2] During the Olympics, Bagley sold out of his Utah-themed pins[14] and many in high demand were sold at inflated prices. After the events had ended, Bagley continued to produce pins as the only recognized "pin artist" in the world.[15]

Honors edit

  • In 1992, Bagley received the Wilbur Award for Religious Communication from the Religious Public Relations Council for a cartoon in the April 23, 1991 Tribune. He was the first cartoonist to receive the award, which is given for "outstanding communication of religious values in the news and entertainment media."[16]
  • Bagley's 2002 book Dinosaurs of Utah and Dino Destinations was nominated for the Utah Children's Book of the Year.
  • In 2006, Bagley was honored by the Utah Headliners Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists as the best editorial cartoonist in Utah.
  • Bagley was dubbed "Best Illustrator" by Salt Lake City Weekly in their 2007 Artys awards, which annually honor the best artistic talent in the city.[17]
  • Bagley was the recipient of the 2007 Torch of Freedom Award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah.[1]
  • Bagley was awarded the 2009 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning by a unanimous panel of judges, made up of Garry Trudeau, Jules Feiffer and John Sherffius, representing the Herb Block Foundation.[18]
  • Bagley was a finalist for the 2014 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning "for his adroit use of images and words that cut to the core of often emotional issues for his readership."[19]

Publications edit

  • Mormons: History, Culture, Beliefs: 2004, White Horse Books (ISBN 0974486035)

Children's books edit

Political satire edit

  • 101 Ways to Survive Four More Years of George W. Bush: 2005, White Horse Books, (ISBN 0974486043)
  • Clueless George Goes To War!: 2005, White Horse Books (ISBN 0974486051)
  • Clueless George Is Watching You!: 2006, White Horse Books (ISBN 097448606X)
  • Clueless George Takes on Liberals!: 2006, White Horse Books (ISBN 0974486078)
  • Fist Bump Heard 'Round the World: The 2008 Election in Cartoons: 2008, White Horse Books (ISBN 0980140625)

Social and religious satire edit

Illustrator edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ a b c "Pat Bagley". Bill of Rights Celebration. ACLU of Utah. Archived from the original on 2007-05-16. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Award-winning cartoonist keynotes 26th Women's Conference". The Eagle Online. Price, Utah: College of Eastern Utah. March 3, 2005. Archived from the original on June 11, 2010. Retrieved January 15, 2009.
  3. ^ a b Bagley, Pat (1986). Treasures of Half-Truth. Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books. Back cover.
  4. ^ a b c "Pat Bagley Bio". 15th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration 2009. Utah Valley University. Retrieved 2009-01-12.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Cartoonist Pat Bagley Weighs in on Oaks Controversy". KCPW-FM. Salt Lake City, Utah. October 20, 2009. Archived from the original on January 27, 2011. Retrieved October 28, 2009.
  6. ^ a b Rogers, Jay Logan (July 19, 2008). "Cartoonist lampoons Bush, Utah culture". The Daily Utah Chronicle. Salt Lake City, Utah: University of Utah. Retrieved 2009-01-15.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Olsen, Abbey (November 22, 2005). "Political cartoons create a din: The Benson-Bagley duo in the '70s". BYU NewsNet. Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  8. ^ Gardner, Alan (November 13, 2007). "Cagle lists most popular cartoonists". The Daily Cartoonist. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  9. ^ "Utah Legislature SR0005". Utah State Legislature. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  10. ^ Owusu, Mercy (4 September 2020). "Group protests controversial Salt Lake Tribune cartoon". ABC4 Utah. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  11. ^ Spiewak, Jim (3 September 2020). "Pro-law enforcement groups protest Tribune cartoon with KKK reference". KUTV. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  12. ^ KUTV, Alyssa Roberts (15 April 2021). "Tribune cartoon critical of Burgess Owens condemned by Utah congressional delegation". KUTV. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  13. ^ "Utah Delegation asks Salt Lake Tribune to apologize for 'Abhorrent' Cartoon of Congressman Owens". FOX 2. 16 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  14. ^ Thomson, Candus (February 10, 2002). "Pinning Their Hopes on the Winter Games". Los Angeles Times. pp. D7. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  15. ^ "Pat Bagley Takes on Liberals". The King's English Bookshop. 2006. Archived from the original on 2006-11-13. Retrieved 2009-01-15.
  16. ^ "1992 Wilbur Award for Religious Communication" (PDF). Sunstone. 16 (3). Salt Lake City, Utah: Sunstone Education Foundation: 63. September 1992. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
  17. ^ "Artys 2007: Readers' Choice". Salt Lake City Weekly. Salt Lake City, Utah. September 13, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-15. [dead link]
  18. ^ "2009 Herblock Prize Winner Announced". Editor & Publisher. February 23, 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-03.[permanent dead link]
  19. ^ "2014 Pulitzer Prize Nominated Finalist". The Pulitzer Prizes. April 14, 2014. Retrieved 2015-09-18.

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