David Simpson
Cartoonist, Tulsa
2005 Inductee Oklahoma Cartoonists Hall of Fame
David Simpson was the editorial cartoonist for the Tulsa Tribune from 1971 to 1992 and the Tulsa World from 1992 to 2005. His cartoons now appear in Urban Tulsa and other publications.
He is the son of an Air Force chaplain and grew up in Labrador, Japan, and the Panama Canal Zone. While in college he was named the nation’s best student editorial cartoonist by Pi Delta Epsilon, the national student journalism fraternity, for his work on The Vista. He graduated with a double degree in English and journalism.
Simpson’s work has appeared in book form as Simpson: A Collection from the Tulsa Tribune. Several of Simpson’s cartoons are in the permanent collection of The Smithsonian Institute.
Biography courtesy of The Toy & Action Figure Museum, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma