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About Marty Two Bulls
Marty Two Bulls Sr. is an Oglala Lakota originally from the
Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He spent his childhood
in Rapid City, South Dakota and was graduated from Rapid Citys
Central High School in 1981. He attended college in Denver at the
Colorado Institute of Art, which gave him the technical skills to
land a job in his hometown with the local television station, a
NBC affiliate, as an assistant to the art director. It was at his
high school newspaper (the Pine Needle) that Two Bulls first started
drawing editorial cartoons. His editoons started out
as a hobby but within a few years the hobby turned into a career.
Two Bulls began as a journalist in weekly newspapers and then
moved on to dailies. He accepted a position the Rapid City Journal
as graphics editor and he served on the editorial board for seven
years. Two Bulls then moved on to the Sioux Falls Argus Leader as
graphics editor for six more years. He eventually left newspapers
and returned to college to finish his BFA degree, freelance as a
cartoonist, and pursue a fine art career. He has drawn editorial
cartoons for the Indian Country Today Media Network since 2001,
an archive of his work can be found at: https://indiancountrymedianetwork.com/category/news/cartoons
His work also appears in the newspapers; Indian Country Today
(Martin, SD), Mandan Hidatsa Arikara Times (New Town, ND), Cherokee
One Feather (Cherokee, NC), Sincangu Scribe (Rosebud SD) and News
from Indian Country (Hayward, WI).
His work focuses on issues of political interest to Native peoples,
a vital niche market. Native Americans have been historically
persecuted and marginalized by the dominant culture, which has reduced
them to a minority in their own lands. Said Two Bulls I create
my cartoons for my people and if non-Natives are touched by the
work, then all the better. It is important to him that the
message of the editorial is made known to all peoples.
Marty currently works as a senior freelance artist, college
art professor, and graphic designer. He enjoys teaching, painting,
and sculpting. His website is m2bulls.com
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