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About Ben
Lansing
Contact: me[at]benlansing.com
ABOUT THE CARTOONS "Out of Order": Out of Order is an award-winning single-panel newspaper cartoon that focuses on life, current events, and the general wackiness that fills Ben's head. Ben started drawing Out of Order for the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Petersburg Progress Index when he was 16 years old. Since then, Out of Order has appeared in newspapers across the state of "Dodo Baa": Dodo Baa is a webcomic about Baa, a short-sighted sheep, and his friend Dodo, a level-headed bird burdened with the extinct quality of common sense. Together, they try to understand life in a world that is out of order.
ABOUT THE CARTOONIST Ben was born and raised in central Virginia. He began his cartoon career when he was 16, drawing cartoons for the Richmond Times Dispatch and the Petersburg Progress Index. Ben graduated with honors from the University of Richmond with degrees in business and history in 2005. Ben currently draws regular editorial cartoons for Virginia newspapers and illustrations and cartoons When he isn't drawing, Ben is a practicing writer, amateur history scholar, book collector, and music afficiando. He enjoys pestering people with useless fun facts, philosophical monologues, and badly-told jokes. Over all, Ben is a sinner saved by the amazing grace of the author of good humor, Jesus Christ. Ben sincerely hopes that this grace also extends to his unusually dumb cartoons. Ben currently lives in rural Virgina. AWARDS AND HONORS - Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 2008 by John Seigenthaler, Sr. of the Freedom Forum - Cartoon and sketches featured in the Newseum in Washington D.C - "Best In Show" Virginia Press Association Award for Non-daily Illustrations - 1st Place for Non-Daily Illustrations, 2007 Virginia Press Association - 2nd Place for Non-Daily Illustrations, 2007 Virginia Press Association - 1st Place for Non-Daily Editorial Cartoons, 2006 Virginia Press Association - 1st Place for Cartoons, 2001 Youth Editors Association of America |
