Monte Wolverton (1948, Vancouver, Washington) is an American editorial cartoonist who is best known for his satiric pages in Mad, his Weekly Wolvertoon website and his contributions as associate editor of The Plain Truth.
[1] As the son of cartoonist Basil Wolverton, he grew up in the Pacific Northwest, surrounded by imaginative illustrations and cartoons, and attended college in Los Angeles.
In the early 1970s, he launched his career as a graphic designer and saw his first cartoon and comics published in CAR-toons, CB Radio, Creative Computing and Youth.
[1] In the late 1970s, he relocated back to the Pacific Northwest for full-time freelancing in illustration, magazine art direction, advertising and publication design, corporate image and creative consulting.
In 1985, he returned to California to serve as art director for The Plain Truth, taking on more editorial duties as the years passed.