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Karl Wimer has established himself as an award-winning cartoonist while leveraging his
random set of skills, multiple degrees, and broad collection of work and travel experiences.
Take a journey through these pages to see what's being produced on a weekly basis.
Karl didn't just stumble upon this way of life; it's been many years in the works. Much of it
comes from his mother, Joyce Wimer, a nationally-recognized professional artist and
teacher. Some of it comes from cartooning for school newspapers such as the Yale Daily
random set of skills, multiple degrees, and broad collection of work and travel experiences.
Take a journey through these pages to see what's being produced on a weekly basis.
Karl didn't just stumble upon this way of life; it's been many years in the works. Much of it
comes from his mother, Joyce Wimer, a nationally-recognized professional artist and
teacher. Some of it comes from cartooning for school newspapers such as the Yale Daily
Contact Karl at:
(303) 820-3604
and Kellogg Merger. During the early 90's in Prague, he cartooned for the largest circulation English language
newspaper in Central Europe, the Central European Business Weekly. For more than five years, Karl's editorial
cartoons have appeared in every Denver Business Journal, with much of the work published regularly in other Biz
Journals across the country.
Karl brings his various interests to his cartooning and art. A history major at Yale, Karl beat himself silly earning a
letterman's sweater in football, and collected a few more honors in lacrosse good for hanging on the office wall to
impress his friends. He then spent more than four years in Europe, involved in everything from coaching lacrosse to
earning a graduate degree at the London School of Economics to helping rebuild the Czech economy after the fall of
communism as a consultant and venture capitalist. He returned stateside to chase his goal of being an
over-educated twenty-something, and found success with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern. During those years, Karl also worked in Chile and Thailand, ostensibly as a marketer.
He continued to build his marketing career while hawking the best za's under one roof for Pizza Hut. Karl was
fortunate to manage major, co-branded national promotions with big-hitters such as the NCAA, PlayStation, Pepsi,
Anheuser-Busch, Major League Baseball, and Lucas Films. The Star Wars Episode I promo was the can't-miss,
notch-in-the-belt career opportunity, until people actually saw the movie - and Jar-Jar Binks. Karl left the restaurant
world to join the great dotcom gold rush, burning much midnight oil for several years as VP of Marketing for a
number of start-ups.
Several years ago Karl returned to the world of cartooning and illustration. A member of the Association of American
Editorial Cartoonists, his cartoons have won Society of Professional Journalists Awards five years in a row, and a
first prize with the Colorado Press Association. He has also been featured four years running in the Best Editorial
Cartoons of the Year - the definitive annual collection chosen from cartoonists across the US and Canada. He is
published in the Denver Biz Journal on a weekly basis, as well as across the country with other Business Journals.
His work has also been featured in USAToday's and is now regularly printed across Europe.
Karl is regularly commissioned by businesses to develop cartoons for marketing and promotional efforts. He has
designed logos for organizations big and small, created artwork for new products, designed and developed
websites, and frequently receives commissions for portraits, murals and other artwork. Past projects have included
creating website gremlins, designing puppets for a children's video, painting a highly-prized, painted brassiere for a
charity event, and caricatures for the wall of the Denver Press Club.
When not creating his weekly cartoons, Karl works as a marketer for a number of Denver-based companies.
newspaper in Central Europe, the Central European Business Weekly. For more than five years, Karl's editorial
cartoons have appeared in every Denver Business Journal, with much of the work published regularly in other Biz
Journals across the country.
Karl brings his various interests to his cartooning and art. A history major at Yale, Karl beat himself silly earning a
letterman's sweater in football, and collected a few more honors in lacrosse good for hanging on the office wall to
impress his friends. He then spent more than four years in Europe, involved in everything from coaching lacrosse to
earning a graduate degree at the London School of Economics to helping rebuild the Czech economy after the fall of
communism as a consultant and venture capitalist. He returned stateside to chase his goal of being an
over-educated twenty-something, and found success with an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at
Northwestern. During those years, Karl also worked in Chile and Thailand, ostensibly as a marketer.
He continued to build his marketing career while hawking the best za's under one roof for Pizza Hut. Karl was
fortunate to manage major, co-branded national promotions with big-hitters such as the NCAA, PlayStation, Pepsi,
Anheuser-Busch, Major League Baseball, and Lucas Films. The Star Wars Episode I promo was the can't-miss,
notch-in-the-belt career opportunity, until people actually saw the movie - and Jar-Jar Binks. Karl left the restaurant
world to join the great dotcom gold rush, burning much midnight oil for several years as VP of Marketing for a
number of start-ups.
Several years ago Karl returned to the world of cartooning and illustration. A member of the Association of American
Editorial Cartoonists, his cartoons have won Society of Professional Journalists Awards five years in a row, and a
first prize with the Colorado Press Association. He has also been featured four years running in the Best Editorial
Cartoons of the Year - the definitive annual collection chosen from cartoonists across the US and Canada. He is
published in the Denver Biz Journal on a weekly basis, as well as across the country with other Business Journals.
His work has also been featured in USAToday's and is now regularly printed across Europe.
Karl is regularly commissioned by businesses to develop cartoons for marketing and promotional efforts. He has
designed logos for organizations big and small, created artwork for new products, designed and developed
websites, and frequently receives commissions for portraits, murals and other artwork. Past projects have included
creating website gremlins, designing puppets for a children's video, painting a highly-prized, painted brassiere for a
charity event, and caricatures for the wall of the Denver Press Club.
When not creating his weekly cartoons, Karl works as a marketer for a number of Denver-based companies.
Just a few that Inspire:
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