| Ruben Bolling | |
|---|---|
 Ruben Bolling speaks at a Borders Books in Washington DC, July 7, 2007. | |
| Born | Kenneth Fisher 1963 (age 61–62) New Jersey, U.S.[1] |
| Nationality | American |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Ruben Bolling |
Notable works | Tom the Dancing Bug |
| Awards | Association of Alternative Newsweeklies, Best Cartoon, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008,[2] 2009[3] Society of Professional Journalists Award for Editorial Cartooning, 2010[4] Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, 2017[5] National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award, 2017[6] and 2022[7] Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards, Best Cartoon, 2018[8] Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from National Press Foundation, 2021[9] |
| Children | 3 |
| https://tomdbug.wpcomstaging.com/ | |
Ruben Bolling (born c. 1963[10] in New Jersey) is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher, an American cartoonist, the author of Tom the Dancing Bug. His work started out apolitical, instead featuring absurdist humor, parodying comic strip conventions, or critiquing celebrity culture. He came to increasingly satirize conservative politics after the September 11 attacks and Iraq war in the early 2000s.[1] This trend strengthened with the Donald Trump presidency and right-wing populism from 2017-2020,[11] his critiques of which earned him several cartooning awards.[5][6]
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Berrymanwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Elder, Robert K. (May 4, 2004). "Being Ruben Bolling: An alter ego and a day job let Ken Fisher draw comics precisely as he pleases". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ^ Roth, Stephen (November 26, 2018). "Politics Through the Compound Eyes of 'Tom the Dancing Bug". GoComics. Retrieved 2021-03-20.