Milt Priggee
Nationality: American
Affiliations: Editorial Cartoonist, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, and Washington
Milt Priggee was born July 6, 1953 in Anchorage, Alaska and grew up in the Chicago area. He graduated from Adams State College at Alamosa, Colorado in 1976 with a major in fine arts.
After college Priggee met his mentor, John Fischetti, in Chicago. Fischetti helped Priggee start freelancing. His work appeared in the Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times and The Chicago Daily News. Beginning in 1978, he was the regular cartoonist for the weekly Crain’s Chicago Business. The Journal Herald in Dayton, Ohio hired Priggee in July of 1982. When the Journal Herald ceased publication in 1986, he landed at The Spokesman-Review in Spokane, Washington.
In 2000-2001, Milt attended the University of Michigan on a Journalism Fellowship. He is currently self-syndicated from a base in Oak Harbor, Washington, where he continues to produce cartoons on local, national, and world topics. His work has been reprinted in Time, Newsweek, U.S. News & World Report, The New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, and CNN’s Headline News.
He has won awards from the Associated Press Society of Ohio, Mencken Awards, National Newspaper Association, Overseas Press Club, the Small Business Foundation of America, Inc., Pacific Northwest Journalists, the Fischetti Editorial Cartoon, and The First Iran Internet Cartoon contests.
Sources: Milt Priggee, All About Milt [electronic document] (Oak Harbor: MiltPriggee.com, accessed 17 July 2006); Internet.
Happy Bloomsday
Date: Sunday, May 1, 1994
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (support)
Medium: graphite,ink,paper
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “Happy Bloomsday, See ya out there Spokane!” “The Spokesman Review Priggee ©4-94,” upper right on image; “SUN. MAY 1, 1994,” lower center margin; “3.Veloxes-6"wide,” lower right margin
Subjects: Milt Priggee and Bloomsday
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.1
Liberty Lake Mall
Date: Sunday, April 19, 1987
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/4 inches (support)
Medium: Ink,white out,paper
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “Downtown Spokane, NorthTown, University City, Liberty Lake Mall;” “Priggee ©87 The Spokesman Review/Spokane Chronicle,” lower left margin; “SUN. APRIL 19, 1987,” lower center margin.
Subjects: commerce, Spokane, and WA
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.4
Spokane Aquifer
Date: Saturday, June 20, 1987
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (support)
Medium: ink, paper, white out
Inscription: Cartoon Caption: “Spokane Acuifer, Toxic Waste;” “Priggee, ©87, The Spokesman Review/Spokane Chronicle,” lower left margin; “SAT. JUNE 29, 1987,” lower center margin
Subjects: Aquifer, Spokane, and WA
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.9
Spokane Gothic
Date: Sunday, August 27, 1995
Image Dimensions: 10 5/8 x 14 5/8 inches (support)
Medium: white out,paper,ink
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “Grass Field Burning, Spokane Gothic;” “Priggee ©8.95 The Spokesman Review,” lower left margin; “SUN. AUG. 27, 1995,” lower center margin; “3.VELOXES - 6" MDB,” lower right margin
Subjects: agriculture, Spokane, WA, and Grass Field Burning
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.5
Spokane Streets Artifacts
Date: Thursday, September 3, 1987
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 5/8 inches (support)
Medium: white out, ink, paper
Inscription: Cartoon Captions: “Spokane Streets Artifacts, bumper, hub cap, license plate, wheels, lug nuts, etc., arrow heads;” “Priggee, ©87, The Spokesman Review/Spokane Chronicle,” lower left on image, “Thurs. Sept. 3, 1987,” lower center margin
Subjects: Spokane, WA, and Street
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.8
Spokane Valley Railroad Crossings
Date: Saturday, January 23, 1988
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 3/4 inches (support)
Medium: ink, white out, paper
Inscription: Cartoon capation: “⛤@#?! Crossings!!, Spokane Valley;” “Priggee, ©88 The Spokesman Review Spokane Chronicle,” lower left on image; “SAT. Jan. 23, 1988,” lower center margin
Subject: Spokane Valley
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.3
Spokane’s 31 Flavors of Vanilla
Date: Wednesday, September 7, 1994
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (support)
Medium: pencil, paper, ink, white out
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “Spokane’s 31 flavors of vanilla, Today’s Special Cones of Truth, Hasson says Spokane is culturally deprived;” “Priggee, ©9.94 The Spokesman Review,” lower left margin; “Wed. Sept. 7, 1994,” lower center margin; “3.Veloxes - 6" Wide,” lower right margin
Subjects: Spokane and WA
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.6
Stoplight for Speaker at City Council
Date: Sunday, August 22, 1993
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (support)
Medium: white out, paper, pencil, ink
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “I said a stop light for speakers at city council meetings would be acceptable if they had a light alerting the citizens when council member would start listening!!” “Priggee, ©93, The Spokesman Review,” “SUN. AUG. 22, 1993,” lower center margin
Subject: Spokane City Council
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.10
Date: Sunday, August, 7, 1994
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (support)
Medium: ink,white out,paper
Inscription: Cartoon Caption: “You are a major public asset, Bond issue passes, Sorry you lack financial support move back on space, congratulations you have received donated land move ahead one space;” “Priggee,©'94 The Spokesman Review,” lower left margin; “Sun Aug. 7. 1994,” lower center margin; “3.Veloxes - 6" wide,” lower right margin
Subject: Walk In The Wild Zoo
Provenance: Museum purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.7
Well, It Wasn’t Good For Me
Date: Sunday, January 24, 1993
Image Dimensions: 10 1/2 x 14 1/2 inches (support)
Medium: ink, white out, paper
Inscription: Cartoon caption: “Local Government, Well It Wasn'’t Good For Me, Developers;” “Milt Priggee ©1-93 The Spokesman Review,” lower left margin, “SUN. JAN. 24, 1993,” lower center margin
Subjects: Spokane and WA
Provenance: Museum Purchase, 2000
Collection Number: 3944.2