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Ed Hall editorial cartoon collection, 1996-2006, Date acquired: 12/00/2012

 

Summary

Creator:
Hall, Ed
Extent:
6.62 Linear Feet
4 boxes
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Ed Hall Editorial Cartoon Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection contains original cartoons by Baker Country Press and Artizans cartoonist Ed Hall from his 2003 book entitled Code Red—Editorial Cartoons and his 2006 book entitled Diversions. These cartoons, which originally ran from 1996-2006, cover topics including Florida politics, national politics, popular culture and the war in Iraq. Select cartoons were not donated and are not part of the collection.

Biographical / historical:

Born in Jacksonville, Florida, Ed Hall received his B.D. in Graphic Design, and his M.F.A. in Painting from the University of Florida.  While in college he did political cartoons and illustrations for The Florida Independent Alligator, UF's school newspaper.  After college, Hall worked for several weekly publications in and around Jacksonville, and finally settled at The Baker County Press in Macclenny (just outside of Jacksonville) where he continues to work as the weekly cartoonist. Over the last 12 years, Hall has won 9 Florida Press Awards, 3 Newsmaker Awards, and numerous fine art awards in national and international competitions. In 2003, Ed was presented the 53rd Annual Green Eyeshade Award for weekly cartoons by The Society of Professional Journalists.  He has also won the Florida Press Club Award four times (2003 & 2006, 2008 and 2012), competing with cartoonists from newspapers with up to 75,000 in circulation.

Ed is the owner of Design Alternatives, a home-based residential design service. He has also been an adjunct professor of drawing at Flagler College in St. Augustine and The University of North Florida, Jacksonville.

Ed's cartoons and political illustrations have been featured in The Washington Post, The Los Angeles Times, The Tallahassee Democrat, The New York Time's Scope Magazine and on CNN Headline News. In 2003 he was asked to join Artizans, a Canadian based syndicate.  Through Artizans, Ed's cartoons appear weekly in newspapers across North America.

In 2003, Hall published his first book of oolitical cartoons entitled, Code Red – Editorial Cartoons by Ed Hall.  His second collection entitled Diversions and other Political Observations was published in 2006.  His cartoons are also consistently featured in Charles Brook's "Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year."

Hall's art work has been displayed both regionally and nationally; most recently at the American University Museum in Washington DC, the Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, the Fowler Gallery in Provincetown, Massachusetts, and the Laredo Center for the Arts in Laredo, Texas.  He was also awarded a one-person show at the Reddi-arts Gallery in Jacksonville, Florida.  Other recent awards include best of show in Behind the Mask, Inside the Head a Jacksonville Coalition for the Visual Arts exhibition in 1997, and best of show for Figures of the Millenium, a St. Augustine Art Association show held in 1999.

Hall is represented in Florida by The Corse Gallery & Atelier.  His work is also held in the permanent collection of the St. Augustine Art Association.

Hall resides in Jacksonville with his wife Emmy.

Acquisition information:

Ed Hall

Donation

Arrangement:

Original order maintained. Order corresponds with cartoon numbering in the publications Code Red and Diversions.

Accruals:

Series Two added March 2014.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Terms of access:

None.  The contents of the collection may be subject to copyright.  Visit the United States Copyright Office's website at http://www.copyright.gov/ for more information.

Preferred citation:

Ed Hall Editorial Cartoon Collection, USF Libraries - Tampa Special Collections, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL.

Location of this collection:
The University of South Florida, Tampa Campus
4202 East Fowler Ave. LIB122
Tampa
FL
33620-5400
USA