Bill Day (cartoonist)
Bill Day is an American cartoonist best known for his syndicated editorial cartoons. Day has won numerous industry awards and also has drawn criticism over his reuse of his own previously drawn material as well as over his opposition to the National Rifle Association of America and his advocacy of gun control. Career Day attended the University of Florida, where he studied political science. It was at this time that he first began drawing political cartoons. Day has won the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award twice (in 1985 and in 2010), the National Cartoonists Society award for best editorial cartoon in 1996, and several other industry awards. Day's cartoons are syndicated nationally and internationally by Daryl Cagle's company Cagle Cartoons. Audience rallied on his behalf After being laid-off by the Commercial Appeal in Memphis, Day struggled with odd jobs and nearly lost his home. Cagle Cartoons launched an Indiegogo campaign in 2012 to help Day and supporters contributed $42,264 in support of the cartoonist. Gun control cartoon tweeted A recurring subject in Day's cartoons is gun control in America. He has drawn many cartoons advocating the need for more gun control and criticizing the National Rifle Association of America (NRA).