Mike Peters
1943 – Present
Mike Peters is a Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist for the Dayton Daily News, as well as the author of the comic strip Mother Goose & Grimm. His work is syndicated in newspapers worldwide and frequently appears in national publications. He appears regularly on television shows and is a popular lecturer. Peters is the author of numerous books of his syndicated political cartoons as well as multiple volumes of collected comic strips. His popular Mother Goose & Grimm characters have been brought to television with aweekly Saturday morning animated series. Peters Postscripts aired on NBCs Nightly News in 1981, marking the first time animated editorial cartoons appeared regularly on a primetime network news program. He also recorded a 14 part interview series, The World of Cartooning with Mike Peters, for PBS.
