Thomas Nast His body was returned to the United States, where he was interred in the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York City. Nast's depictions of iconic characters, such as Santa Claus and Uncle Sam, are widely credited as forming the basis of popular depictions used today. Additional contributions by Nast include: In December 2011, a proposal to include Nast in the New Jersey Hall of Fame in 2012 caused controversy. "The Wall Street Journal" reported that because of his stereotypical cartoons of the Irish, a number of objections were raised about Nast's work. For example, "The Usual Irish Way of
Thomas Fitzpatrick (cartoonist) Thomas Fitzpatrick (cartoonist) Thomas Fitzpatrick (27 March 1860 – 16 July 1912), pen name Fitz, was an Irish political cartoonist. Fitzpatrick was born in Cork. He contributed to the satirical magazine "Pat" (published from 1881-1883), the "Weekly Freeman", the "Irish Figaro", the "Irish Emerald", the "Weekly Nation", "Punch" and the "New York Gaelic American", and was for a time chief cartoonist of the "National Press". In 1905 he launched his own satirical magazine, "The Lepracaun", which he edited and drew most of the cartoons and illustrations for until his health began to fail in 1911. James Joyce contributed short pieces