About David G. Brown

David G. Brown is an award-winning, Artist, Educator and Publisher. He is a nationally recognized, political cartoonist, who also produces graphic novels and comic books with positive messages for others. Brown is a former Career Technical Education (CTE) instructor of Arts, Media and Entertainment for the Los Angeles Unified School District and taught Cartooning for the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts).

For over two decades Brown has been the political cartoonist for the Los Angeles Sentinel newspaper and featured contributor to the Washington Post and San Francisco Bay View newspapers. In addition to being the recipient of numerous prestigious Merit awards for “Best Editorial Cartoon” by the National Newspapers Publishers Association (NNPA); and his body of work was featured in “Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2005 - 2014 by Pelican Publishing Company Inc. In 2009 he was awarded a NAACP Image Award for his political humor book “Barack, Race and the Media: Drawing my own Conclusions” The book is a collection of inspiring, yet humorous cartoons highlighting the historical Presidential campaign and election of Barack Obama the first African American President of the United States.

A founding member of his alma mater, Stockton State University’s Alpha Alpha Chapter of the IOTA PHI THETA Fraternity, the school awarded him their 2011 Stockton University School of Arts and Humanities’ Professional Achievement award and 2022 nominated Black Alumni Trailblazer for his long-standing artistic career in service to his community. 

An exhibiting artist, his work has been shown in the Bay Area and Los Angeles. In October of 2009 the U.S. State Department and Brazilian Consulate sponsored a cultural exchange visit, selecting Brown to exhibit his political cartoons and comics in Brazil. He is the former Chairman of the Board of the Museum of African American Art Los Angeles, where he was a board member for over a decade. Currently Brown serves on the Board of the 18th Street Arts Center one of the top artist residency programs in the United States and the largest in Southern California.

His versatility as a commercial artist and designer has produced excellence in other areas including photography, multi-media and illustration through his promotional work for clients including Los Angeles International World Airport, Automobile Club of Southern California. Warner Bros., City of Los Angeles, Wells Fargo Bank, Getty Foundation, California African American Museum, ABC-TV and others.