Joe Heller: Cartoonist's View of the Week's News; Cookies for Santa Claus, Economy, Dictator, Homeless, Christmas – NKyTribune

Joe Heller was an editor for the Green Bay Press-Gazette in Green Bay, Wisconsin, from 1985 until his firing in July 2013. He still draws several cartoons a week and distributes them through his own syndicate. Through Heller Syndication, his cartoons appear regularly in more than 400 newspapers, making him the most successful self-published editorial cartoonist in the country. His cartoons have been reprinted multiple times in USA Today, the Denver Post, the St. Paul Pioneer Press, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Newsweek Japan, The Week, and the Washington Post. Joe's cartoons have won numerous awards, including ten Best of Gannett Awards, eight Milwaukee Press Club Awards, and two John Fischetti Award Honorable Mentions. He lives in Green Bay with his wife Pamela. He is a regular cartoonist for the NKyTribune.