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Kevin Kallaugher (KAL) is the international award-winning editorial cartoonist for The Economist magazine of London, former cartoonist for The Baltimore Sun and author of the Substack newsletter, Kal Draws the Line.

In a distinguished career that spans 48 years, Kal has created over 11000 cartoons and 150 magazine covers. His resumé includes six collections of his published work, exhibitions in a dozen countries, awards and honors in seven.

These awards include Feature Cartoonist of the Year (UK), The Thomas Nast Prize (Germany) Cartoon of the Year (Europe), and The Berryman award (US), Herblock Prize (US), twice finalist for the Pulitzer Prize (US) and five-time winner of the best international cartoonist by the Overseas Press Club of America.
Kal has created acclaimed animations and calendars, toured the US with Second City improv comedy troupe and addressed audiences in more than 40 states and 30 countries. Kal has presented TEDx talks in Warwick, England, Jackson Hole, WY and IdeaCity in Toronto. In addition, Kal has spoken at Oxford, Harvard, Yale, Duke and Berkeley Universities, Pixar Studios and Google HQ.

Kal, a Norwalk, Connecticut native and Harvard graduate, is the former artist-in-residence at University of Maryland Baltimore County, the Masterworks Museum in Bermuda and the Studios at Key West.

Kevin Kallaugher is a past President of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and Cartoonists Rights Network International.

In 1999, The World Encyclopedia of Cartoons said of Kevin "Commanding a masterful style, Kallaugher stands among the premier caricaturists of the (twentieth) century."