Colorado Cartoonist Drew Draws
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CENTENNIAL, Colo. — Drew Litton, 67, wanted to be two things when he grew up. He yearned to shoot like “Pistol Pete” Maravich and to play the guitar like Eric Clapton.
“I instead ended up playing basketball like Eric Clapton and guitar like Pete Maravich,” said Litton, laughing as he sat in his studio chair working on a cartoon depicting the Colorado Rockies’ string of losses in May.
In the cartoon published in The Colorado Sun, the Rockies play against animated characters from the show “South Park,” losing 0-157.
Peter Vo for Rocky Mountain PBS profiles/interviews sports cartoonist Drew Litton.
As seen above Drew does not restrict himself to Colorado sports, he plays the field.
Litton started to draw cartoons as a student at Coronado High School, eventually landing a spot as the sports editor at his school newspaper his senior year. This led him to the El Paso Times where he worked as a copy boy (which, according to Litton, consisted of running around with coffees while wiring stories).
At the same time, he attended the University of Texas at El Paso. Litton finally got an opportunity to work in the graphics department and started drawing cartoons for the paper, pulling inspiration from influential cartoonists such as Charles Schulz of Snoopy fame, and Walt Kelly, who drew the daily comic strip “Pogo”.
In 1982, Litton moved to Denver and started working for the Rocky Mountain News as a cartoonist.
“Next thing you know, I’m sitting in Mile High Stadium watching my first NFL football game,” he said.
Litton’s run at the Rocky Mountain News ended in 2009 when the paper closed its doors.
He has since worked for outlets including the Chicago Tribune, ESPN, 9News and more recently, The Colorado Sun. He’s also a nationally syndicated cartoonist through Andrews McMeel.
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