Jim McCloskey – From Editorial Cartoons to Caricatures
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Jim McCloskey began his newspaper career on staff with The News-Virginian advertising department from 1986 to 1988. In 1989 he moved to The News Leader art department a few miles away where he began drawing editorial cartoons. In 2012 Jim moved to Mississippi and The Sun Herald for a couple years.
“I thought that I would be drawing cartoons for the rest of my life.”
But cartoons depicting the daily news have become a lost art despite the connections an illustration can create between a story and its audience.
“Some people think that cartoons are supposed to be funny, but you can convey a lot of different emotions with a cartoon.”
Hugh Keeton at TV station WLOX profiles Jim McCloskey who is now a caricaturist in the Biloxi area.
He once drew for millions of readers. Although he now only draws for one person at a time, McCloskey will tell you the smile on one face is worth just as much.
“I’ve made somebody smile and laugh.”
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