Terry Mosher (Aislin) receives the Michener-Baxter Award From the Michener Awards Foundation: OTTAWA, May 21, 2024 – The Michener Awards Foundation (MAF) today announced it is awarding Chantal Hébert and Terry Mosher its prestigious Michener-Baxter Award for exceptional service to Canadian public service journalism. The Montreal Gazette rightfully brags of the honor bestowed on their […]
The RFK Human Rights organization named Peter Kuper the winner of their 2024 Cartoon Award. The RFK Book and Journalism Awards honor outstanding writing on issues that reflect Senator Robert F. Kennedy’s concerns, including human rights, social justice, and the power of individual action in the United States and around the world. The Robert F. […]
The San Diego Comic-Con has announced the nominees for the Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards. Once again, this year’s nominees in 32 categories reflect the wide range of material being published in the U.S. in comics and graphic novels, representing more than 150 print and online titles from over 60 publishers, produced by creators from […]
Illustrators and caricaturists Robert Grossman and Steve Brodner are numbered among the 2024 inductees into the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame. As is Gustave Doré.Of Robert Grossman the Society of Illustrators noted: Employing his signature airbrush style, [Robert Grossman] went on to illustrate over 500 magazine covers alone. National publications that featured Grossman’s distinctive, […]
From the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation: The Freedom Cartoonists Foundation and the City of Geneva announce the winners of the 2024 Kofi Annan Courage in Cartooning Award: Rachita Taneja of India, and Zunzi of Hong Kong. On World Press Freedom Day, on May 3, the Freedom Cartoonists Foundation recognizes the talent and courage of cartoonists working […]
The John Locher Memorial Award has evolved into the John Locher Memorial Fellowship and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced that Alexandra Bowman is the first beneficiary of the new honor. From the Association of Editorial Cartoonists:About the change: Kevin Necessary, the new Locher Fellowship manger, said, “The Fellowship shares much of the […]
The winners of the 90th National Headliner Awards have been announced. The annual contest honors the best print, radio, television and online journalism in the United States published during 2023. The Press Club of Atlantic City has announced the winners of their 2024 National Headliner Awards. Clay Bennett of The Chattanooga Times Free Press won […]
The National Cartoonists Society has announced the finalists for their 2023 Reuben Divisional Awards. The nominees in the 12 categories are…Variety Entertainment = Kieran Castano; Chuck Dillon; Bob Weber, Jr. Advertising/Product Illustration = Chuck Dillon; Sam Grinberg; Pashur House Book Illustration = Landis Blair; Danesh Mohiuddin; Tom Richmond Online Comics: Short Form = Sarah Anderson; […]
The National Newspaper Awards are being presented at The Chelsea Hotel in Toronto tonight and the portfolio from Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald has been judged the winner of the Editorial Cartooning category. Bruce is repeating his win of last year and it is his ninth winning year overall. Congratulations to Bruce! Bruce had […]
San Diego Comic Convention (Comic-Con) has announced that the Eisner Awards judges have chosen 16 nominees from whom voters will select 4 to be inducted into the Hall of Fame this summer. These 4 will be joining the 19 individuals that the judges have already chosen for the Hall of Fame. The 16 nominees are […]
Steve Brodner has been named the 2024 Herblock Prize winner (with portfolio). On choosing Brodner the judges said: Brodner’s work is unflinching, driven by a strong moral compass and imbued with a powerful sense of compassion. As the quote from Herblock engraved on the trophy reads, “Political cartoons, unlike sundials, do not show the brightest […]
The National Newspaper Awards have announced the finalists for works published in 2023. In the Editorial Cartooning category the finalists are Michael de Adder, Halifax Chronicle Herald Brian Gable, Globe and MailBruce MacKinnon, Halifax Chronicle Herald In their comments about the finalists the NNA notes: The Globe and Mail’s Grant Robertson (Bob Levin Award for […]
As was reported the National Press Foundation (NPF) awarded Jen Sorensen the 2023 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons. Her four-panel approach has criticized how society worships wealthy people with “big” ideas, satirized the doubling of “frontover” deaths as vehicle height increases, and explored the evolution of Twitter, from the early […]
The Herblock Foundation has extended the deadline for accepting submissions. Cartoonists now have until February 5, 2024 to get submissions in for the Herblock Prize. Deadline February 1st, 2024: Extended until February 5th! After reviewing the eligibility rules below, please go to the link for our Entry Form to upload your submissions: https://www.herbblockfoundation.org/herblock-prize/entry-form
HENRY BARAJAS VOLUNTEERS AS PRESIDENT OF THE LOS ANGELES CHAPTER OF THE NATIONAL CARTOONISTS SOCIETY Los Angeles, CA – Thursday, 02/01/2024 — The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists Society is proud to announce the appointment of Henry Barajas as its new Chapter Chair, effective immediately. “The Los Angeles Chapter of the National Cartoonists […]