Ironically, the print world of newspapers told him SORRY, not in this lifetime.

So, he went after his his love of expressing his political/graphic beliefs digitally.

Ironically, he came way out ahead.

But I heard him exclaim ‘ere he drove out of sight,
Merry cartooning to all, and to all, a good night…

I think last year Funky Winkerbean was nominated for the Lisa
Cancer story series. But couldn’t that have just as easily been put in a short story category or a category with graphic novels?

I can’t imagine to many photographers who would be thrilled having single still shot photo of theirs going up against a three minute video.

When Doonesbury won over 30 years ago, people lost their minds because a “panel strip isn’t an editorial cartoon!” and yet, here we are, thirty years later, the institution survived.

So there’s where it all began.

Animation is a multi-panel cartoon shown in fast succession, like a flipbook. So I guess an argument could be made that a single panel cartoon is one category, and strips, multi-panels, and animation are all in another category.

While the Pulitzer Board has been playing catch-up with the evolving art form of editorial cartooning these last couple of decades, they are still light years ahead of her.

So let’s then address her misconceptions over the Pulitzer requirements directly: 1) They have accepted material submitted from online publications-only since 2008 (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/10/business/media/10pulitzer.html). Mark qualifies.

2) On two previous occasions, the judges directly cited the online animated cartoons that were part of the winner’s and finalist’s portfolios. That’s precedence. Judges and board are still debating the exact parameters of this changing environment, as evidenced by statements made at a 2008 AAEC panel on this very topic (http://editorialcartoonists.com/news/article.cfm/821/ … scroll down to ‘Judging the Judges’).

The main quote: “Richard Oppel, an editor at the Austin American-Statesman and a Pulitzer board member, spoke of animation being a evolution of cartoons in the digital age. Oppel feels the media the cartoon is presented on is secondary to having a strong point-of-view and being a successful execution of an artist’s idea, and that ‘animation is part of the evolution of the craft.’” Again, Mark qualifies.

3) Finally, if we were to take Donna B’s logic to its extreme that Mark should be *disqualified* if he put together his cartoons with a staff of people, you would also have to strip 6 of this year’s 14 winners of their awards because a team of people worked to get them.

Oh yeah, and if the Pulitzers aren’t multimedia, then you better ask for the Drama and Music Prizes back while you’re at it. Oh, and Hank Williams’ posthumous award.

I hear he was a songwriter at one point, and maybe a darn good one…

Can Donna be wrong? Yes.

I’m starting to think the “B” in “Donna B.” stands for bitter.

Can a comic strip be an editorial cartoon? Yes.
Can a multi-panel cartoon be an editorial cartoon? Yes.
Can a single panel cartoon be an editorial cartoon? Yes.
Can a wordless cartoon be an editorial cartoon? Yes.
Can an animation be an editorial cartoon? Yes.

Wow. Demeaning and insulting to all in one short paragraph. It’d be more than appropriate for you apologize to Lucy, but honestly — shame on them? Shame on you.