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  What makes a great editorial cartoonist? By Paul Greenberg, Tribune Media Services You may not recognize the name Doug Marlette, but the odds are he?s made you smile. The celebrated cartoonist was killed when a car in which he was a passenger ran off a rain-slick road in Mississippi, a state that might be summed up as the South?s South. Missing Marlette: A flood of creativity; by the wind grieved By Kathleen Parker, Washington Post Writers Group WASHINGTON ? My long-running conversation with Doug Marlette ended abruptly the morning of July 10 when the truck in which he was a passenger hydroplaned off a Mississippi highway into a tree. The cartoonist tenacious as kudzu By Linton Weeks, The Washington Post WASHINGTON ? And then there was the time Doug Marlette joined a couple of friends on a porch in Beaufort, N.C., to watch wild ponies in a distant field. Doug Marlette, 1949-2007 By the Tulsa World Editorial Board We?ve tried to put together a representative sampling of his work for the World. It is difficult to choose just a handful as being his best, because all of them exhibited his sharp wit, his artistry, his passion and his professionalism. Doug Marlette remembered: Tributes roll in for the World?s late cartoonist By Staff Reports Editorial cartoonists from across the country lauded Doug Marlette on Wednesday as one of the profession?s brightest stars, one who was able to combine humor and "gutsy" commentary on issues of the day. World hires Pulitzer-winning cartoonist A profile of Marlette written after he was hired by the Tulsa World in 2006. 
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