Political cartoonist Rex Babin's work appears in The Bee five times weekly. A native of Walnut Creek, Babin previously worked at the Albany Times Union for 10 years. He also spent time at the Orange Coast Daily Pilot and the Denver Post. He is a graduate of San Diego State University.

Babin was the winner of the National Press Foundation's 2001 Berryman Award and was a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize. Other awards he has received for his cartoons include: recognition from the Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, the Hearst Newspapers Award of Excellence and numerous best-of-state prizes from the Associated Press.

Babin can be reached by e-mail at rbabin@sacbee.com, or by phone at (916) 321-1911.


Babin is also creating animated cartoons in Flash. You can view them here or in the gallery below.

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Maverick

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Plasma arc

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Hurricane Sarah

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Budget embarrassment

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Bridge to Nowhere

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Talking heads

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Perata bank

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I'd rather be...

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Biden

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Swift

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Endangered

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Cold War prop dept.

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Next fundraiser...

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City of...

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Two Americas

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Surge

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Chiang vs Arnold

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On your mark

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Running around like...

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RIP

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Wad of cash

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Crime scene

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Yosemite smoke

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Red ink

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Caleeforneeya

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Swish!

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Drive by

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Budget timeline

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Time horizon

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See animated version

Ozone man

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Meter mug shot

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Too big to fail

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Thank goodness...

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Bank promo

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Caleeforneeya

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Latino vote

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Smoke...

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Air

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Gavin Newsom

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Caleeforneeya

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Hands free

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Handguns

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Water meters

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Missing

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Water usage

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Yolo courthouse

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Change

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Offshore oil

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Prison beds

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News flash

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Gay Marriage

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Habeas corpus

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The Big Fix

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Budget life jacket

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Gas price conspiracy

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Barack the builder

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Fool me once...

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Counting

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It ain't over till...

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Traffic report

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