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1
Voted for none, but actually Ellen is a good choice.

That said, I'm drawing cartoons of Mohammed blowing up people in airports for my next project - and you can see his face and his wonder pig Martin Luther.
2
Does Matt Groening count?
3
How about Shannon Wheeler?
4
Yeah, can we have Matt Groening? Or do they need to be a current resident?
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@2, I was gonna vote for Lynda Barry but she moved to Chicago, I guess...

Oh, wait, what about Gary Larson?
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Penny Arcade.
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@6 said what I came here to say. Gabe and Tycho are easily the best cartoonists in WA. And I LOVE Ellen and Jim, but seriously, look at 'em.
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Horsey?
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Peter Bagge!
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The Oatmeal.
11
Horsey. Hands down. I can't believe he isn't on this list.
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It's an embarrassment of cartoon riches up in this comment section!
13
Mathew Inman.
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@11 well, he wins too often. time for some new blood.
15
Second #9: Peter Bagge.
17
Alison Bechdel was robbed!
http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/alison-bec…
(for VT's CL, I don't have a comic in the game for WA's).
18
I love Bagge and Forney, but electing them to this position would be like electing Lindy to be poet laureate or Dan as king of the gheys.
19
Horsey! Any local cartoonist list that doesn't include him should be ignored. Peter Bagge is a good choice too even if he's from New York.
20
Hmmm... I like the idea of a cartoonist laureate, but I think it would be a tough call picking one. Maybe we can have a rotating laureate? While I love Ellen Forney, I also have to give shout outs to Gabe and Tycho of Penny Arcade, David Horsey, and Megan Kelso. I definitely think it would have to be someone who lives and works here currently. Too bad about Lynda Barry moving away. I didn't know she'd left us.

Also, am I the only one who is physically repulsed by Jim Woodring's art? It hits me on a visceral, gag-reflex level.
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They are so different, these cartoonists, that choosing any given one is impossible. Ranking artists is just a terrible idea to begin with, as are juried prize awarding art shows. It's as stupid as the Miss America contest. It is all subjective.

Mr. Crankyass
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I love all those folks—and there are quite a few other possibilities—but I think Jim Woodring is the winner. He's a truly original genius, as far as I'm concerned, and one of the all-time greats. Horsey would be approximately last on my list.
23
Indeed, Horsey is the obvious choice.

Laureates are not artists known only to the artistic in-crowd. They are artists (e.g. Robert Frost) with mass appeal.

Not only is Horsey a good cartoonist, not only is he well-known, but he also personifies the "how could any thinking person possibly not be a liberal?" world-view endemic to our region.
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They are so different, these cartoonists, that choosing any given one is impossible. Ranking artists is just a terrible idea to begin with, as are juried prize awarding art shows. It's as stupid as the Miss America contest. It is all subjective.

Mr. Crankyass
25
Wow. I didn't know how many cartoonists that I like come from your corner of the world. Washington State, bravo!
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Brian Bassett.
27
I love my nerdy town. This lively thread warms my heart.

(My vote went to Ellen, for what its worth. She teaches at Cornish, created nice art for the Capitol Hill transit station, and is a rad artist. Full of win, I say!)
28
If the cartoonist laureate should be someone whose work has actually made people think, there's no contest. David Horsey.
29
What? No nod to such local luminaries as: Roberta Gregory, Michael Dougan, Molly Norris (where ever you are), Jason Lutes, James Sturm, David Ingersoll, Kazimir Strzepek, Shary Flenniken - gawd, I know I'm missing lots more, but those are just the ones, besides those already mentioned, who come most immediately to mind.

If there's one thing we're not short of around here, it's brilliant pen-and-inkers...
30
John X. Ambrosavage!
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Steve Willis.
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BASIL WOLVERTON
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Gary Larson, Washington native,, first published in Seattle Times. Slam dunk, no brainer
34
I noticed there wasn't an option for just "I kick puppies".

@18 - King of the Gheys isn't an elected position.
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Bagge
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#31 FTW :-)
37
Duh!!! Gary Larson!!!

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