Clayton "Clay" Jones (born June 1, 1966) is an American editorial cartoonist based in Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Previously, his work was also a feature on the website liberalamerica.org,[3] until he resigned over disagreements of their policy allowing article to be published under pseudonyms and other ethical concerns with the site's news coverage.

[citation needed] The Honolulu Star-Bulletin hired Jones to fill in for a year while their regular cartoonist, Corky Trinidad, took a year-long sabbatical.

He didn't cartoon again until October 2013 when he started working for his former employer on a freelance basis.

His work is archived at the Mattie Sink Memorial Library at Mississippi State University.

[citation needed] Jones draws a weekly cartoon for the CNN Opinion newsletter.

[5][6][7] Jones is also a musician and was vocalist, guitar player and main songwriter for the alternative rock band Corporate T-shirt which released their only album, No Thanks To Hancock, in 2009.

In 2020, Jones took third place in the 2020 National Headliner Award for Editorial cartoons in the Print/Photo, Daily Newspapers and News Syndicates category.

[12][13] They stated that his "unique style" is "energetic" that uses "image and text to comment on larger issues" and his cartoons hit on themes of human rights, imbalance of power and systemic racism.