LOCHER, Richard

LOCHER, Richard. (Dubuque, IA, June 4, 1929- ). Pulitzer Prize winning editorial cartoonist. Locher studied art at the Chicago Academy of Fine Art and the Art Center of Los Angeles. His cartoons, pointing to the ludicrous parts of daily life, have appeared for many years in the Chicago Tribune and were reprinted in Time, Newsweek, Forbes, and the Harvard Law Review.

Locher was the recipient of the Scripps Howard Institute Award for Conservation in 1977. In 1978 he received the Overseas Press Club's second place award for best American cartoon printed overseas. In 1982 Locher received their award for the best American cartoon of a foreign subject. The following year, he received the Pulitzer Prize. In 1983, Locher assumed the duty of illustrating the comic strip 'Dick Tracy'. Early on in his career, Locher had assisted Dick Tracy's originator, Chester Gould. The "Land of Lincoln Trophy," designed by Locher is presented to the winner of the annual college football game between Illinois rivals Northwestern University, located in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, and the University of Illinois, located on the border between the central Illinois cities of Champaign and Urbana.