Ruben Bolling

Ruben Bolling
Speaking at a Borders Books
Washington, D.C., July 7, 2007
BornKenneth Fisher
1963 (age 6162)
New Jersey, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Area(s)Cartoonist
Pseudonym(s)Ruben Bolling
Notable works
Tom the Dancing Bug
AwardsAssociation of Alternative Newsweeklies, Best Cartoon, 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008, 2009
Society of Professional Journalists Award for Editorial Cartooning, 2010
Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning, 2017
National Cartoonists Society Reuben Award, 2017 and 2022
Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards, Best Cartoon, 2018
Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from National Press Foundation, 2021
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Ruben Bolling is a pseudonym for Ken Fisher (born c. 1963 in New Jersey), an American cartoonist and the author of Tom the Dancing Bug. His work started out apolitical, 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. This trend strengthened with the Donald Trump presidency and right-wing populism from 2017-2020, his critiques of which earned him several cartooning awards.