Stuart Carlson (September 1955 – June 10, 2022)[1] was an American editorial cartoonist who worked for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
Carlson was raised in West Bend, Wisconsin and earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in 1978 at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.
[citation needed] Carlson accepted a buyout from the Journal Sentinel, and departed from the paper on August 1, 2008.
[3] As of 2009, Carlson did freelance work and illustrated a humor column for UWM Today, the alumni magazine of his alma mater.
[4] His work, distributed to approximately 35 newspapers by the Universal Press Syndicate, has appeared in The New York Times, Newsweek, The Washington Post, Barron's, Playboy and on ABC News' Nightline.