Background
Telnaes, Ann was born in 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Telnaes, Ann was born in 1960 in Stockholm, Sweden.
Telnaes earned her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the California Institute of the Arts, specializing in character animation.
A former animator, her cartoons are easily recognizable for their fluid lines and bright (often spot) colors. Her cartoons tend to be quite liberal in tone and have a special focus on women"s issues, such as third world pregnancy and abortion rights. Unlike many editorial cartoonists, Telnaes does not draw for any one set newspaper.
She is syndicated with Cartoonists and Writers Syndicate/New York Times Syndicate, with her work appearing across the United States in such publications as The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday, and the Austin American-Statesman.
And internationally in Le Monde and Courrier International. Telnaes also contributes an exclusive weekly cartoon to the nonprofit online news service Women"s eNews.
Her animated editorial cartoons are featured on The Washington Post"s website. Before becoming an editorial cartoonist, she worked for some years in the animation field, most notably with Walt Disney Imagineering.
She contributed to such films as The Brave Little Toaster and The Chipmunk Adventure.
Tallness had a solo exhibition at the Great Hall in the Thomas Jefferson Building in 2004. In December 2015, Telnaes created an animated political cartoon that responded to an ad for the presidential campaign of United States. Senator Ted Cruz, in which his 5- and 7-year old daughters appeared. The older daughter spoke in the ad, reading a line from a book called "The Grinch Who Lost Her Emails" in which she referenced the Grinch"s use of a private email server — an obvious reference to the Hillary Clinton email controversy.
In her cartoon, Telnaes portrayed the daughters of the Hispanic senator as monkeys on leashes, with Cruz holding the leashes and grinding an organization
I failed to look at this cartoon before it was published. I understand why Ann thought an exception to the policy was warranted in this case, but I do not agree." Telnaes" "fair game" comment was also deleted.
She is a past vice president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and is a member of the American Newswomen"s Club.
Married David Lloyd.