Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist for Politico, has won this year’s Herblock Prize for 2010. Matt was a finalist in last year’s Pulitzer Prize. According to a story on Politico, his editor congratulated Matt for being “at the top of his game and enjoying it more than ever at a moment when his work matters more […]
The 2010 Glyph Comics Awards nominees have been announced. The Glyph Award recognize the best in comics made by, for, and about people of color from the preceding calendar year.Story of the YearLuke Cage Noir; Mike Benson & Adam Glass, writers; Shawn Martinbrough, artistThe Original Johnson; Trevor von Eeden, writer and artistUnknown Soldier #13-14; Joshua […]
I reported earlier that Up was nominated for Best Picture – something rarely done for an animated film. I briefly mentioned it was also nominated in the Animated Feature Film category. What I did not mentioned was the other contenders which include: Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog and The Secret of […]
Planet Pixar reports that Pixar’s “Up” has been nominated for Best Picture – only the second time an animated feature has been such nominated. The Pixar film is pitted against “Avatar”, “The Blind Side,” “District 9,” “An Education,” “The Hurt Locker,” “Inglorious Basterds,” “Precious” and “Up in the Air.” “Up” has also been nominated for […]
Disney/Pixar’s “UP” took home two Golden Globe awards for Best Animated Feature Film and Best Original Score. In the running for best animated feature: “Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs,” “Coraline,” “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and “The Princess And The Frog”.
From Mike Lynch’s blog comes news the that National Cartoonists Society has announced their annual call for entries to their NCS category awards. This year, the professional cartooning association is adding a category for graphic novels. To be considered, the work must have been published between December 1, 2008 and December 31, 2009. Members of […]
The Herblock Foundation has announced that it is allowing animated editorial cartooning for consideration for the Herblock Award. The foundation has also waived the normal $50 entry fee “given the difficulties facing editorial cartoonists… the fee money can be better used to support other efforts to promote the craft.” In keeping with the changes in […]
Former The State editorial cartoonist Robert Ariail has won this year’s United Nations’ Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award. Robert is the first American cartoonist to win first prize in the award’s 10-year history. Second and third place went to Silvan Wegmann of Switzerland and Shlomo Cohen of Israel. Robert takes home a $10,000 prize which […]
Arizona Republic editorial cartoonist Steve Benson will be the lead judge in a cartooning contest sponsored by the Council for Secular Humanism. The contest is looking for the “most ingenious creations touching on that most sensitive subject: religion.” The prize has a $2,500 prize and is open to both professionals and amateurs. What they’re not […]
The 2009 Annie Awards nominations have been announced by ASIFA-Hollywood. The award recognizes the year’s best achievements in animation. The features competing for Best Animated Feature include: Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, Coraline, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Princess and the Frog, The Secret of Kells and Pixar’s Up. Here is the full list of […]
The AAEC website has details and dates for all the major editorial cartooning awards in North America, including student awards.
Mike Keefe, editorial cartoonist for the Denver Post, has been awarded this year’s 2009 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartooning for a wide-ranging series of drawings that poked fun at politicians, journalists and public perceptions. Honorable mentions went to Matt Wuerker (Politico) and Ann Telnaes (washingtonpost.com). A Certificate of Merit was given to former Memphis Commercial-Appeal […]
This year’s Friends of Lulu Award winners have been announced. The Lulu Award “recognizes the people and projects that helped to open eyes and minds to the amazing comic and cartooning work by and/or about women. The category award winners are below:Kim Yale Award For Best New Talent: Kate Beaton for Hark, a VagrantLulu of […]
The International Animated Film Society has announced this year’s recipients of the Winsor McCay Award. This year’s honor goes to Tim Burton, Bruce Timm and Jeffrey Katzenberg. The award is given for a “lifetime or career contributions to the art of animation in producing, directing, animating, design, writing, voice acting, sound and sound effects, technical […]
Awards» The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Competition for 2009 is due November 12, 2009.Comic books» Joe Staton and his wife, children’s author Hilarie Staton, collaborated on Amy Goes Gluten Free a book on dealing with Celiac Disease. Comic strips» Brian Anderson, creator of Dog Eat Doug, gives us a peek at a new comic […]