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Mark Fiore is an American political cartoonist specializing in Flash-animated editorial cartoons, whom the Wall Street Journal called ''the undisputed guru of the form''. Fiore lives in San Francisco, California, and his cartoons have appeared in numerous American papers and a number of websites. He studied political science at Colorado College and was a staff cartoonist for the ''San Jose Mercury News''. He left newspapers for animated online comics in 2001,〔Summers, Nick (December 18, 2006). "Satire: Singing a Different 'Toon'". ''Newsweek'', Pg. 14.〕 and he currently makes animated editorial cartoons for his website (markfiore.com ), where he also sells DVDs of his cartoons. He is a member of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. Fiore's comics were included in Ted Rall's ''Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists,'' along with other web-comics such as ''Dinosaur Comics'', ''Diesel Sweeties'', ''Fetus-X'', and ''The Perry Bible Fellowship''.〔Rall, Ted (2006). ''Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists'', New York: Nantier, Beall, Minoustchine. ISBN 1-56163-465-4.〕 In their review of ''Attitude 3'', the American Library Association's Booklist called Fiore's cartoons a standout for their "unique and personal" vision.〔Flagg, Gordon (August 2006). "Attitude 3: The New Subversive Online Cartoonists". ''Booklist'', Pg. 23.〕 He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010, the first ever for his genre of editorial cartoons. ==Recurring characters== In some of his Flash cartoons, Fiore makes use of several characters more than once. Some of the characters include: *Suzie Newsykins * Dogboy & Mr. Dan—An anthropomorphic dog chats with his friend Mr. Dan, who is rabidly conservative. * Buster Bunker The Friendly Nuke—a nuke * Knuckles—a slow man in an executioner's mask who loves torturing Guantanamo prisoners * Flamey McGassy * Ouchie—a talking bandaid * Captain Killmore * Snuggly the Security Bear—a rather sadistic teddy bear who puts a positive spin on domestic spying and wiretaps * Right-wing Ralphie—a squat lawyer with pixie wings who fights for homosexuals to gain restitution for being "forced" into marriage. After the passage of California's Proposition 8, he celebrates the "protection of heterosexual marriage". He is a caricature of Ralph Reed, the former Religious Right leader. * Buzzie the Fly—a Cajun fly who updates the nation on the New Orleans reconstruction, especially the living conditions of Hurricane Katrina refugees 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mark Fiore」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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