Gregory Kearney

Gregory Kearney (born 1957) is an American political cartoonist whose work appears in the Topeka Capitol-Journal. His career started at the Casper Star-Tribune in Casper, Wyoming. His work currently also appears in wyofile.com
The works of Gregory Kearney generally deal with local or statewide issues rather than national or international concerns. He is noted for a minimalist drawing style influenced by the works of the British cartoonist Sir David Low and Tom Curtis, editorial cartoonist for The Milwaukee Sentinel. Kearney's political leaning reflects a traditional labor democratic approach.
Born in Farmington, Maine, in 1957, Gregory Kearney attended Landmark School and the now closed Oak Grove-Coburn School, Vassalboro, Maine, and Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, where he was the staff cartoonist for the Daily Universe. He was hired in 1980 as the only staff cartoonist for the Casper Star Tribune in Casper, Wyoming. His work was part of the Pulitzer Prize finalist entry for public service from the Casper Star-Tribune on natural gas pricing in Wyoming in 1985. After taking a pause from newspaper work in 2012 that included authoring a children's book The Apple trees of Tchin ISBN 9781599550985 he returned to editorial cartooning for the Topeka Capital-Journal again focusing on state and local issues.
Unlike many contemporary editorial cartoonists Kearny's work has remained in a single horizontal panel and produced in black and white pen and ink drawing on paper. The original are 22.9 by 30.5 cm (9 by 12 inches).
The original cartoons from his work in Wyoming are now housed at the American Heritage Center at the University of Wyoming. A location for the Kansas archives has yet to be selected.

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