Voting Station

Jim Borgman

Please vote to return to collections.

Artist

The Resume

    (February 24, 1952- )
    Graduated Kenyon College (1976)
    Political cartoonist for the Cincinnati Enquirer (1976- )
    Co-creator and cartoonist for comic strip 'Zits' (1997- )
    Pulitzer Prize winner (1991)
    4-time Reuben Award winner (1986, 1990, 1999, 2001)

Why he might be annoying:

    He supports affirmative action.
    Some of his cartoons' meanings and references go over many peoples' heads.
    The far left considers him part of the conservative agenda, while the far right considers him part of the liberal agenda.

Why he might not be annoying:

    Despite living in a far-right leaning city like Cincinnati, he is considered to have centrist political viewpoint.
    He was praised for his editorial cartoons for historical moments such as September 11, the Challenger and Columbia Disasters, and the Columbine High School Massacre.
    Ryan White's family thanked him openly for his touching memorial cartoon after Ryan's death.
    The Washington Post, New York Times, San Francisco Chronicle, and L.A. Times have offered him jobs.
    He declined, opting to stay in Cincinnati, saying 'it was Cincinnati that made me...if I left Cincinnati, I wouldn't be Jim Borgman anymore.'
    Every city election year, there is a write-in campaign for him for Cincinnati City Council.
    Although he supported John Kerry for President in 2004, he said 'I'm not upset about Bush's re-election at all...he's so much funnier to draw.'
    He is left handed.

Credit: Blossman


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 9 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 12 Votes: 91.67% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 21 Votes: 4.76% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 11 Votes: 54.55% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 14 Votes: 57.14% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 20 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 29 Votes: 55.17% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 27 Votes: 51.85% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 30 Votes: 66.67% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 75 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 187 Votes: 44.39% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 125 Votes: 48.00% Annoying