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John Pritchett has created thousands of cartoons and illustrations over a span of 33 years. He has won awards from the United Nations Correspondents Association, Best of the West, the Society of Professional Journalists, Hawaii’s Thousand Friends and the Hawaii Publishers Association. His work is published...