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About Ben
Lansing
Contact: ABOUT THE CARTOONS Out of Order": Out of Order focuses on life, current events, and the general wackiness that fills Ben's head. Ben's Out of Order cartoon tribute to the victims of the Virginia Tech shooting tragedy was nominated for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize by
"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 works for the Southside Messenger and 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 afficianado. 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 lives in central Virginia. AWARDS AND HONORS - Pulitzer Prize Nomination, 2008 by John Seigenthaler, Sr. of the Freedom Forum - 1st Place & 2nd Place for Non-Daily Editorial Cartoons, 2008 Virginia Press Association - 1st Place for Non-Daily Illustrations, 2008 Virginia Press Association - 1st Place for Informational Graphics, 2008 Virginia Press Association - 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 What editors, critics, and readers are saying about Lansing's cartoons... "The moment I saw Ben Lansing's cartoon, it touched me. It spoke to me and for me in ways no news story or telecast had done." - John Seigenthaler, Sr., Freedom Forum "Whether commenting on social, political, or cultural topics, Ben Lansing's cartoons are always on target--and LOADS of FUN!" - Gary Brookins, cartoonist (Shoe, Pluggers, and editorial cartoonist for the Richmond Times Dispatch) "[Ben's work is] very clean and gets quickly to the point." - Virginia Press Association Judges, 2007 awards "We've gotten great response from the community about Ben Lansing's cartoons, which have really livened up our editorial pages. They give folks another reason to buy our paper every week." - Greg Dorazio, editor of The Central Virginian "Blessings to you. Thank you for using your creative talents to express what so many are feeling." - Richard, reader |
