Political Humor
Mike Peters
Tuesday, 22 Jan 1980 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Mike Peters is cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News. His cartoons have appeared frequently in such magazines as Time, Newsweek, and The New Republic, and his work is syndicated in more than 160 newspapers, including the Des Moines Register. His cartoons have been compiled into two books, The Nixon Chronicles and Clones, You Idiot...I Said Clones. Mr. Peters received his B.A. degree from Washington University in St. Louis in 1965. His awards include the Overseas Press Award in 1974 and the national Sigma Delta Chi Distinguished Service Award for Cartooning in 1975.Part of the National Affairs Series: Humor in America.
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