Eli Valley


Eli Valley is an American cartoonist and author. He is best known for his political cartoons, which often feature prominent politicians, business-people, and media personalities.

Early life

Valley was born in Rhode Island, and grew up Troy, New York, and New Jersey. His father was a Conservative rabbi, while his mother was secular. Valley has one sister. He attended Jewish day school until 8th grade, and received an undergraduate degree in English from Cornell University. While at Cornell, Valley contributed cartoons to the university's newspaper, the Cornell Daily Sun.

Work

Valley published cartoons in The Forward until they chose to discontinue featuring his work.
Writing in Vulture, Abraham Riesman has referred to Valley's work as "expressionist woodcut-esque".
Valley contributed illustrations to The Chapo Guide to Revolution.

Non-fiction