birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
toronto , ontario , canada 1958 fred curatolo
 fred curatolo newspaper cartoonist
fred curatolo

fred curatolo -lrb- born 1958 -rrb- is a freelance editorial cartoonist .
born in toronto , ontario as a first-generation italian-canadian , fred curatolo studied at the esteemed visual arts program at c.w. jefferys collegiate institute from 1974 to 1978 .
after encouragement from an instructor , he began serious editorial cartooning in 1982 , and was first published in 1983 at the toronto sun .
curatolo started his cartooning full-time at the brampton guardian in 1986 .
in 1989 , fred moved to edmonton , alberta to join the edmonton sun as staff editorial cartoonist and continued this position until 2006 .
having been published in numerous papers across canada , fred 's work was also featured in the former local weekly see magazine .
currently he is drawing for the st. albert leader .
