Editing Pat Oliphant (section)

===Independent work===
After ''The Washington Star'' folded, Oliphant received offers from other newspapers but chose to remain independent, relying on the earnings from his extensive syndication.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Astor|first=David|date=18 May 1996|title=Cartoonists Without a Home Newspaper|journal=Editor & Publisher|volume=129|issue=20|pages=40}}</ref> He was the first political cartoonist in the twentieth century to work independently from a home newspaper,<ref name="Outspoken"/> which provided him with unique independence from editorial control. By this time, he had become a nationally recognized figure. In 1976, a survey of 188 cartoonists found that fellow professionals regarded Oliphant as the "best all-around cartoonist" on the editorial pages.<ref name="Hynds">{{Cite journal|last=Hynds|first=Ernest C.|date=April 1979|title=Herblock, Oliphant, MacNelly Lead Cartoon Resurgence|journal=Newspaper Research Journal|pages=54–60}}</ref> A decade later, a similar survey reached the same conclusion, noting Oliphant's original and influential aesthetic.<ref name="Survey">{{Cite journal|last=Best|first=James J.|date=Winter 1986|title=Editorial Cartoonists: A Descriptive Survey|journal=Newspaper Research Journal|volume=7|issue=2|pages=29–37|doi=10.1177/073953298600700204|s2cid=157510060}}</ref> By 1983, Oliphant was the most widely syndicated American political cartoonist, with his work appearing in more than 500 newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Political Cartooning Losing Its Savagery|last=Gibson|first=Tom|date=22 March 1983|work=USA Today}}</ref> His work influenced the field's overall appearance. For example, when he stopped using Duoshade, a chemical process for creating textured backgrounds, in the early 1980s, other cartoonists followed suit. In 1990, ''[[The New York Times]]'' described him as "the most influential editorial cartoonist now working."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/05/magazine/what-s-so-funny-about-washington.html|title=What's So Funny About Washington?|last=King|first=Wayne|date=5 August 1990|newspaper=The New York Times Magazine}}</ref>

In 1979, Oliphant was naturalized as an American citizen.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Cartoonist Says His Job Is to Make People Mad|last=Hori|first=Brian|date=18 July 1981|work=Kansas City Times}}</ref> In 1983, he married his second wife, Mary Ann Kuhn,<ref name="IMDB" /> but they divorced in 1994. He married Susan C. Conway in 1996, and they remain married today.<ref name="IMDB">{{Cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1099144/bio|title=Pat Oliphant|website=IMDb|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref>

By 1995, Oliphant had reduced the frequency of his daily cartoons to four days a week.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=30 July 1995|title=Classifications of Syndicated Features by Subject Matter|journal=Editor & Publisher: Supplement|volume=128|issue=30}}</ref> At this time, he began submitting his cartoons in digital form as scans of his original drawings.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=30 July 1995|title=Classifications of Syndicated Features by Subject Matter|journal=Editor & Publisher: Supplement|volume=128|issue=30|pages=119S}}</ref> By 2014, he was submitting three cartoons a week.<ref name="Ann Landi" />

In 2004, Oliphant moved from [[Washington, D.C.]] to [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]].

In 2012, Oliphant was the Roy Lichtenstein Artist in Residence at the [[American Academy in Rome]] for three months.

In January 2015, Oliphant retired from publishing syndicated cartoons.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gocomics.com/patoliphant/2015/01/13|title=Pat Oliphant's Retirement Announcement|website=GoComics}}</ref> However, in February 2017, he came out of retirement with two cartoons for ''[[The Nib]]'' featuring [[Donald Trump]] and [[Steve Bannon]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://wpcomics.washingtonpost.com/client/wpc/po/2017/02/02/|title=How Do I Look, Herr Bannon?|last=Oliphant|first=Pat|date=2 February 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> One cartoon depicted Trump as a childlike member of the [[Hitler Youth]], asking a ghoulish Bannon what he thought of his outfit.