"The best cartoons have the fewest words." //

Signe Wilkinson is a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist. She began cartooning for the Philadelphia Daily News and the Philadelphia Inquirer in 1985, and her cartoons are syndicated by the Washington Post Writer's Group. In 2021, she illustrated Jonathan Zimmerman's book, 'Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn.' //

On Episode #55 of the Path to Follow Podcast, Jake and Signe discuss how Signe began a career in cartooning, her creative process, finding ideas for cartoons, the importance of timing in cartooning, complaints and criticism, the issue of free speech, the origin of Signe's book collaboration with Jonathan Zimmerman, vicious cartoonists from history, Thomas Nast, Signe's best cartoons, blowing up on Reddit, and 'Free Speech: And Why You Should Give a Damn' (2021). //

Many thanks to the all-powerful Cesare Ciccanti for all of his efforts on podcast production. //