Chris Britt has been honored for his political cartoons with the highest awards in the industry, including the Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning and the James P. McGuire Award for excellence in journalism. Named cartoonist of the year by the National Press Federation, and his drawings have appeared in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Newsweek, and Time and have been featured on CNN. Britt is a frequent public speaker known for his entertaining discourse on free speech and the role of the cartoonist. A popular TEDx presenter, he describes his job as "lobbing graphic grenades" for a living. Britt has a visual arts degree from the University of Illinois and has created, produced, and directed multiple political animation shorts that have been featured on MSNBC. He has been a contributing cartoonist for Pelican's Best Editorial Cartoons Series for many years. Britt lives in Tacoma, Washington.