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The Submerged State

By: Jen Sorensen

Published: March 30, 2015

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Jen Sorensen

Jen Sorensen is an American cartoonist and illustrator who authors a weekly comic strip that often focuses on current events from a liberal perspective. In 2014, she became the first woman to win the Herblock Prize, and in 2017, she was named a Pulitzer Finalist in Editorial Cartooning.

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