Tony Auth - Career

Career

After Auth graduated he became a medical illustrator at Rancho Los Amigos Hospital, a large teaching hospital associated with the University of Southern California. During his time as a medical illustrator, Auth began drawing political cartoons. Auth started out doing one political cartoon a week for a weekly alternative newspaper. He eventually worked his way up to drawing three political cartoons a week for the UCLA Daily Bruin. In 1971, Auth was hired on as staff editorial cartoonist by the The Philadelphia Inquirer. He worked for this same company for 41 years. Auth is currently the first Digital Artist in Residence at WHYY's NewsWorks.org.q.

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