With the announcement that Steve Breen being named as the winner of the 2009 Pulitzer Prize, so too are named the other finalists. This year’s finalists also include Mike Thompson of the Detroit Free Press and Matt Wuerker of Politico. This is the third time Mike has been been a finalist. The judges note that […]
The Pulitzer Prize winners will be announced at 3 p.m. EST. I will be posting the announcements as they are made public. Meet back here to discuss the winner.
This year’s Will Eisner nominees have been announced. The Eisner Awards are each year at the San Diego Comic-Con to recognize the best in comic book, graphic novel and digital comic art. This year’s nominees are:Best Short Story “Actual Size” by Chris Ware, in Kramers Ergot 7 (Buenaventura Press) “Chechen War, Chechen Women,” by Joe […]
The National Cartoonists Society Foundation (NCSF) has announced that this year’s winner of the 2009 Jay Kennedy Memorial Scholarship is Chris Houghton, a junior at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, Michigan where he studies illustration. Houghton was chosen from among 120 applicants for the award, which includes a $5,000 scholarship and a trip […]
Jack Ohman, editorial cartoonist for The Oregonian has been honored as this year’s recipient of the Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award in the category of editorial cartooning. The judges wrote that Jack’s “cartoons tackle a range of difficult topics including poverty and unemployment in Oregon, the practice of shuffling Oregon teachers suspected of molesting children […]
Our friend Dave Astor has been co-awarded 2nd-place in the New Jersey Press Association for his humor column he writes for The Montclair Times. His daughter, Maggie, placed first in another category for a piece she wrote in the same paper.Dave continues to write for the Huffington Post. His latest about the new Yankee stadium.
Mike Rhode was invited to attend this year’s Herblock Award ceremony where Pat Bagley, editorial cartoonist for the Salt Lake Tribune, was honored for his work here in Salt Lake City. Mike has posted a few photos and observations. The local NPR station, KUER, caught up with Pat to talk about the award and his […]
Lee Judge, editorial cartoonist for the Kansas City Star, has been named as this year’s winner of the John Fischetti award for excellence in editorial cartooning. The winning cartoon shows a soldier’s helmet perched on a rifle with the caption “Price of Gas.” This is the second such win by Lee. He won the very […]
The Cartoonists Northwest held their annual Toonie Award Banquet to honor professional and amateur cartoonists, animators, and illustrators living in the Seattle area. This year’s Cartoonist of the Year went to David Lasky.The other category winners include: The Golden Toonie Award for Cartoonist of the Year 2008: David Lasky Illustration – David Lasky . Syndicated […]
Last December I mentioned Nickelodeon Magazine’s first Comics Award. The votes are tallied and the winners are: Favorite Graphic Novel: “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” (series), by Jeff Kinney, Amulet Books/Harry Abrams Favorite Comic Book Series: “Simpsons comics”, Bongo Comics Cutest Comic Character: Snoopy – from Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz (United Feature Syndicate) Favorite […]
Title: Complete Reuben and Division AwardsMike Lynch has posted the last remaining National Cartoonist Society’s division award (Book Illustration). The nominees are: Jim Benton Cherise the Niece, Stacy Curtis Raymond and Graham Rule the School and Mike Lester Cool Daddy Rat. Congrats to the nominees. The complete list is now:Reuben Award Dave Coverly Stephan Pastis […]
This year’s finalists for the 2009 Doug Wright Awards.The 2009 finalists for Best Book are: Burma Chronicles Guy Delisle (Drawn & Quarterly) Drop-in Dave Lapp (Conundrum Press) Paul Goes Fishing Michel Rabagliati (Drawn & Quarterly) Skim Jillian & Mariko Tamaki (Groundwood Books) The 2009 finalists for Best Emerging Talent are: Kate Beaton (History Comics) Caitlin […]
» Ed Stein, isn’t bringing back his long running local comic Denver Square, but as he puts it, he “couldn?t resist doing a couple of sketches, using the characters, to comment on a couple of local stories”» This Thursday, J.C. Duffy’s The Fusco Brothers will announce whether the faithful canine companion is really a dog […]
This year’s Charles M. Schulz award for best college cartoonist goes to Grant Snider of The University News at the University of Missouri-Kansas City. Grant will receive $10,000 for his comics “that reflect the influence of graphic novels.”I believe this is his blog where you can see samples of his work.Finalists this year included: Joseph […]
Nominees for the National Cartoonists Society’s 2008 Division Awards have been posted. The winners will be announced during the Reuben Awards dinner on Memorial Day weekend.TELEVISION ANIMATION Bryan Arnett – Character Design – “The Mighty B!” – Nickelodeon Ben Balistreri – Character Design – “Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends” – Cartoon Network Sandra Equihua and […]