# Tom Toles (WaPo cartoonist) is retiring **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 30, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349 "2020-10-30T22:26:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/1 "2020-10-30T22:26:25Z")
I’m heartbroken to hear this. As I wrote in the online comments: > [@](#): > > Thank you for all of your inspired work over the years, Mr. Toles. I especially appreciate your focus on climate change. (And your depictions of Trump are priceless.) You will be greatly missed. Enjoy your retirement! > > P.S. I do hope you will consider a one-off now and again if inspiration strikes you. > **[Opinion | Tom Toles’s final cartoon](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/10/30/tom-toles-final-cartoon/)** > > A fond goodbye to all my readers over so many years. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/2 "2020-10-30T22:33:22Z")
Shit. He’s one of my favorites. The grotesqueness of his depiction of trump fit the subject matter perfectly. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2020, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/3 "2020-10-30T23:53:25Z")
While he leaves as a WaPo cartoonist after 18 years there, his first 28 years were spent writing for Buffalo newspapers, including the Buffalo News and Courier-Express, and where he won his 1990 Pulitzer (at the Buff News). I grew up reading him and will miss his voice much. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/4 "2020-10-31T00:41:26Z")
Apparently he went to the University of Buffalo, where he got his start as as a political cartoonist. [http://www.buffalo.edu/alumni/our-stories/tom-toles.html](http://www.buffalo.edu/alumni/our-stories/tom-toles.html) ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/5 "2020-10-31T00:52:19Z")
> [@robby](#): > > Apparently he went to the University of Buffalo, where he got his start as as a political cartoonist. Sorry, that should be the University **at** Buffalo (aka SUNY Buffalo). ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/6 "2020-10-31T01:10:36Z")
Both right. It used to be University of Buffalo before it was absorbed into the SUNY system ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 3:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/7 "2020-10-31T03:29:35Z")
Sigh. 2020. At least he’s only retiring. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tom-toles-wapo-cartoonist-is-retiring/924349/8 "2020-10-31T14:35:43Z")
More Ben Garrisons need to retire, and fewer Tom Toleses.