[7][10] Ohman was a regular art contributor to ABC News Nightline television show from 1984 until 1986.

Ohman is also the creator of the syndicated comic strip Mixed Media, which he drew from 1994 to 1999[4] and which appeared in over 170 newspapers.

In 1986, through sales of copies of his cartoons about the space shuttle Challenger accident, Ohman raised over $30,000 for the families of the astronauts.

Ohman is also a noted fly fishing humorist, and has published four books on the subject, including the best-selling Fear of Fly Fishing, Get The Net, An Inconvenient Trout, and Angler Management, a book of essays.

The editorial cartoonists of two other newspapers owned by McClatchy, Kevin Siers at the Charlotte Observer and Joel Pett at the Lexington Herald-Leader, also received notice on that day.

"[14] In 2006, Ohman was voted one of the top five cartoonists in the United States by the readers of The Week magazine[citation needed].