Mike Shelton
By Mike Shelton
About Mike Shelton
Mike Shelton was the editorial cartoonist for The Orange County Register (Santa Ana, Calif.) for 23 years. During and since then, he illustrated for the Limbaugh Letter and drew political cartoons for Watchdog.org, a news site of the Franklin Center for Government & Public Integrity. He currently draws for his own website, mikesheltoncartoons.com. A former Marine and Vietnam veteran, Shelton grew up poor in rural East Texas and studied fine art at Sam Houston State University. Politically he considers himself a right-leaning libertarian … or a libertarian-leaning conservative – whichever you prefer.
Meet the Creator
Mike Shelton
For Mike Shelton, politics, drawing and humor were part of life in his Houston home from as early as he can remember. He started drawing when he was 4 years old and began needling classmates, friends recall, as soon as he entered school. His grandfather was a die-hard Democrat and his father a union man […]
