12 Facts About Jen Sorensen

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Jen Sorensen's work appears on the websites Daily Kos, Splinter, The Nib, Politico, AlterNet, and Truthout; and has appeared in Ms.

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Jen Sorensen soon became published in various comic anthologies, including Action Girl and the Big Book of the 70's.

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Jen Sorensen has written and illustrated a number of long-form comics, most notably a piece on health care reform commissioned by Kaiser Health News, and a synopsis of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice for NPR.

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Jen Sorensen served as comics editor for Splinter News from 2014 to 2018.

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Jen Sorensen is a member of the National Advisory Council of the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum at Ohio State University.

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In 2012, Jen Sorensen was a Herblock Finalist and was later awarded the prize in 2014, making her the first woman to be awarded the prize.

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Jen Sorensen was awarded the prize based on her portfolio containing work from her local weekly newspaper The Austin Chronicle, her regular publications in The Nation, Ms.

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Jen Sorensen's style allows her to incorporate information which backs up the arguments she presents.

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Jen Sorensen's art is engaging and her humor is sharp and on target.

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Jen Sorensen was named a 2017 Pulitzer Prize Finalist in Editorial Cartooning for a variety of her work featured in several US publications.

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Jen Sorensen's nominated work includes several cartoons on the current political climate, such as The Trump Supporting Union Member, Poverty Injection, Radical Cleric vs Trump, and more.

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Jen Sorensen has written the following books, published by Alternative Comics, which are generally compilations of the weekly comic strip, although the first book contained entirely new material.