The annual Locher award for best college editorial cartoonist was announced last weekend by Dick and Mary Locher. This year’s winner goes to William C Warren who attends Wake Forest University. The Lochers:In announcing the award at the end of last week by Dick & Mary Locher had this to say: “The subject matter of […]
When the accolades roll in, they roll in big for Mike Luckovich. Yesterday he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. You can listen to an interviewed by NPR regarding the big win. The AAEC has also posted notice that the Society of Professional Journalists’ annual Sigma Delta Chi Awards were announced and Mike […]
Congratulations to Mike Luckovich for winning the Pulitzer Prize – Again! You can see his submission portfolio online.Atlanta Journal-Constitution editorial cartoonist Mike Luckovich earned journalism’s top honor Monday, winning a Pulitzer Prize. It was the second Pulitzer for the popular but polarizing cartoonist, whose social and political commentaries regularly provoke sharp reactions from readers. “This […]
The Pulitzer Prizes winners will be announced today at 3:00 EST. I’ll be watching the wires and post the results for the editorial cartooning category as soon as I get them. Be looking also for follow up stories as this award does generate lots of responses – positive and negative.
The National Cartoonist Society has posted the last remaining nominees for the Reubens. I’ve updated my previous posting that listed the nominees, but here are the last two categories that were not available earlier:Animation Television: GLEN MURAKAMI, Teen TitansDAVID SILVERMAN, The SimpsonsDAVE WASSON, The Buzz on Maggie Comic Books PAUL CHADWICK, “Concrete, The Human Dilemma”ERIK […]
Dick Locher will be taking over both the art and writing for the Dick Tracy comic strip according to E&P. Dick took over the writing temporarily after the death of Michael Kilian back in October, but the change has been made permanent. Dick will also continue his editorial cartooning.Also reported by E&P is Dick will […]
The Hawaii Publishers Association’s Pa’i Awards were announced recently and Dick Adair won both first and second place for editorial cartooning. Third place went to the Honolulu Weekly, an alternative weeky.
This is old news, but I’m just now getting to it. The 2005 National Newspaper Awards finalists have been announced for the best editorial cartoonist. The nominees are: Bruce MacKinnon of the Chronicle Herald; Serge Chapleau of the La Presse in Montreal and Brian Gable of The Globe and Mail. All three have been nominated […]
Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau is being honored by Georgetown University’s Institute for the Study of Diplomacy for international political commentary. Political cartoonist Garry Trudeau first launched the comic strip?Doonesbury? in 1970. It now appears in nearly 1400 daily and Sunday newspapers in the U.S. and abroad. His recent focus on injured veterans from the Iraq […]
Phil Hands of the Wisconsin State Journal has taken first place for editorial cartooning in the Milwaukee Press Clubs’ Excellence in Wisconsin Journalism Contest. Joe Heller of the Green Bay Press-Gazette took second place.
E&P reports that finalists for the annual “The Week” awards have been announced. Those included for Editorial Cartoonist of the year are: Chip Bok, Akron Beacon Journal, Creators Syndicate; David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Tribune Media Services; Steve Kelley, Times-Picayune, Creators Syndicate; Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Creators Syndicate; Jack Ohman, The Oregonian, Tribune Media Services.
Bruce MacKinnon of The Chronicle Herald, Serge Chapleau of Montreal?s La Presse and Brian Gable of the Globe and Mail have been nominated for the prestigious National Newspaper Award.From the Canadian Cartoonist’s web site:Mr. MacKinnon, whose work in The Chronicle Herald has garnered international recognition in the past, has been nominated for a 2005 National […]
In other award announcements, the AAEC web site has a round up. On their site are a couple of awards I didn’t catch last week. They are:Bill Whitehead, cartoonist for the Kansas City Buisness Journal, received first place from the Kansas Press Association for best editorial cartoons of 2005 for weekly publications. and Tim Mitchell […]
John Scherffius has won the 2006 Wilbur Awards for outstanding editorial cartooning. The 2006 Wilbur Awards, recognizing outstanding work in the secular media featuring religious issues, themes and values, will be presented here April 1st at the Austin Ranch. The annual awards are presented by the Religion Communicators Council (RCC) and are named for Marvin […]
Rocky Mountain News’ Ed Stein has won this year’s John Fischetti Award for editorial cartooning.Ed Stein of the Rocky Mountain News has won the prestigious 2006 John Fischetti Award for editorial cartooning… Stein won for a stark drawing reflecting racial disparities after Hurricane Katrina. John Fischetti was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose work was […]