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Don Asmussen
Self portrait from Bad Reporter comic stripBorn Donald Asumssen
1962
Rhode IslandResidence San Francisco Occupation Editorial cartoonist Employer San Francisco Chronicle Website Official Website Don Asmussen (born 1962) is an American cartoonist working for the San Francisco Chronicle and Universal Press Syndicate.
He was born in Rhode Island. He worked at the Portland Press Herald, The Detroit News, The San Diego Union-Tribune, and Time Magazine before joining the San Francisco Chronicle in 1997.
His current strip is the semi-weekly "Bad Reporter", which he created for the Chron, and which runs under the slogan "The lies behind the truth, and the truth behind those lies that are behind that truth."[1] He has also created short comic serials while on location covering events including the Super Bowl, the World Series, and the Burning Man festival.
Also in 1997, another of his strips, The Hero Santon, appeared briefly on Salon.com; it has since[when?] moved to Mad Magazine.
In 2006, he released a book, Dog vs. Cat: A Nation Divided,[2] a parody of the 2004 presidential election.
References
- ^ Asmussen, Don (2010-07-19). "Bad Reporter". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/archive/.
- ^ Asmussen, Don (August 2006). Dog vs. Cat: A Nation Divided. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-7407-6191-1. http://www.andrewsmcmeel.com/products/?isbn=0740761919.
External links
- Official Universal Press Syndicate biography
- San Francisco Chronicle archive of works
- The Hero Santon archive at Salon.com
Categories:- American cartoonists
- People from San Francisco, California
- Living people
- 1967 births
- American comics creator stubs
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