Mr. Fish is an award-winning political cartoonist, and many of the contributors have also won prestigious cartooning awards over the years. Mr. Fish is widely recognized as one of today's most vital and insightful political cartoonists—his work has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, Harper's, the Nation, Mother Jones, the Atlantic, etc. Long Story Short includes original artwork by: Mr. Fish, Ted Rall, Stephanie McMillan, Sarah Awad, Eli Valley, Wes Tyrell, Tamara Knoss, Keith Henry Brown, Sam Henderson, Lodi Marasescu, Surag Ramachandran, Tami Knight, Eric Garcia, Marissa Dougherty, Siri Dokken, John G., Andy Singer, Tara Seibel, Gary Dumm, Clare Kolat, Nate Ulsh, Benjamin Slyngstad, Ron Hill, JP Trostle, and Beth McCaskey. Mr. Fish has strong ties to USC, UPENN, and University of Connecticut.