President Joseph R. Biden presented the 2022 and 2023 National Humanities Medals, in conjunction with the National Medals of Arts, on Monday, October 21, 2024, in a private ceremony at the White House. The 19 distinguished medal recipients include writers, historians, educators, and filmmakers. And a cartoonist! Cartoonist and author Roz Chast was among those […]
Tony DePaul, Joe Wos, Larry Lieber, Charles M. Schulz, and…Hall of Famer Sergio AragonésSergio Aragonés was one of five to receive a Harvey Hall of Fame Award last night at the New York Comic Con. File 770 has the full results of the 2024 Harvey Awards. Screenshot of the Sergio announcement via The Geekly Grind.The […]
This year’s European Cartoon Award goes to Steven Lectrr Degryse (AKA Lectrr) for his cartoon of Russian opposition leader and political prisoner Alexei Navalny. The award is presented during European Cartoon Day ceremony presented by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht.Lectrr’s award winning cartoon:The European Cartoon Award, started in 2019, is dedicated to supporting and promoting […]
The Walkley Foundation has announced the finalists for its Walkley Awards for Excellence in Journalism. In the category of Cartoon of the Year, the finalists are Matt Golding, Fiona Katauskas, and Cathy Wilcox.The Walkley Award is the most prestigious honor in Australian journalism, akin to the Pulitzer Prize in the U.S. The award recognizes excellence […]
The 2024 European Cartoon Award finalists have been announced. The finalists are Tjeerd Royaards (Netherlands), Steven Lectrr Degryse (Belgium) and Victor Solís (Mexico).The European Cartoon Award was started by the European Press Prize and Studio Europa Maastricht in 2019 after the New York Times announced it would no longer run editorial cartoons. The purpose of the prize is to […]
The Townsend Award (“the Townsie”) is a two-fer from the Association of Canadian Cartoonists one for the best Anglophone cartoon of the year and one for the best Francophone cartoon of the year. As Mike Peterson reported (and, again, we’re setting this up as a stand-alone item): Mike also lists two other awards that were […]
Mike Peterson mentioned this, but we’re going to give it a stand-alone article too. About the Babin Award: The Rex Babin Memorial Award for Excellence in Local Cartooning is given each year to an editorial cartoonist who focuses on state and local issues, and whose work has had an effect on their community. From the […]
Day Two of the AAEC/ACC Conference in Montreal began with the Americans conducting a business meeting while the Canadians held a panel on digitization and conservation, apparently in both languages, unless the Billy Ireland’s Jenny Robb is fluent en francais, since she was one of the presenters.After lunch, we were reunited and began a full […]
JP Trostle at the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists reminds us that …most of journalism’s major awards are handed out in the spring, with the deadlines to enter in the dead of winter. There is, however, one outlier: The National Press Foundation’s Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award. Named after the only father-son duo […]
The 78th Annual Reuben Awards took place this past weekend, honoring the best and brightest talents in cartooning and illustration. The event, hosted by the National Cartoonists Society (NCS), is one of the most prestigious ceremonies in the industry, recognizing outstanding achievements across various categories. King Features proudly hails Hilary B. Price as Cartoonist of […]
The National Cartoonists Society announced the winners in twelve categories Friday night (August 23, 2024) at the 78th Annual Reuben Awards. Following are the finalists for the divisional categories with the winner listed.They are … For Variety Entertainment the winner is Chuck Dillon for Highlights for Children puzzles and games!For Advertising/Product Illustration the winner is […]
Hilary B Price has finally taken home The Reuben Award as 2023 Cartoonist of the Year. After being nominated for the honor for the past twelve years Lynn Johnston, recalling Etta James’ “At Last!,” presented Hilary Price, creator of the Rhymes With Orange comic panel, with the Reuben statuette at last night’s National Cartoonists Society‘s […]
The 78th Annual National Cartoonists Society Conference and Reuben Awards begins today August 22, 2024. The National Cartoonists Society has shared a “quick glance” and detailed schedule and session information. Some highlights include: …charter buses for the short ride to the Comic Con Museum at San Diego’s famous Balboa Park. We will be treated to a delicious […]
The Australian Kennedy Foundation has announced this year’s winners of the Kennedy Awards for Outstanding Journalism. In the category of Outstanding Cartoon, the prize goes to Cathy Wilcox of the Nine Network & The Sydney Morning Herald, for her cartoon Solid Ground.Solid Ground by Cathy WilcoxFinalists for the award are:The Kennedy Awards are named after […]
Russell Myers, by unanimous vote of the National Cartoonists Society (NCS) Board of Directors, will be the recipient of their Gold Key Award which enters him into the NCS Hall of Fame. From the National Cartoonists Society announcement: Russell Myers will be honored with the Gold Key award at the 78th Annual Reuben Awards [link […]