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cambridge , massachusetts american 26 august 1963 artist , writer , editor ted rall.jpg ted rall
 frederick theodore rall iii
ted rall

frederick theodore `` ted '' rall iii -lrb- born august 26 , 1963 -rrb- is an american columnist , syndicated editorial cartoonist , and author .
his political cartoons often appear in a multi-panel comic-strip format and frequently blend comic-strip and editorial-cartoon conventions .
the cartoons appear in approximately 100 newspapers around the united states .
he was president of the association of american editorial cartoonists from 2008 to 2009 .
rall draws three editorial cartoons a week for syndication , draws illustrations on a freelance basis , writes a weekly syndicated column , and edits the attitude series of alternative cartooning anthologies and spin-off collections by up-and-coming cartoonists .
he writes and draws cartoons for the website anewdomain.net and is the editor-in-chief of the satirical news website skewednews.net .
he is an award-winning graphic novelist and the author of non-fiction books about domestic and international current affairs .
he also travels to and writes about central asia , a region he believes to be pivotal to u.s. foreign policy concerns .
in november 2001 he went to afghanistan as a war correspondent for `` the village voice '' and kfi radio in los angeles .
he returned to afghanistan in august 2010 , traveling independently and unembedded throughout the country , filing daily `` cartoon blogs '' by satellite .
