According to Lynn Johnston’s web site, the “For Better or For Worse” creator was recently honored by the Purina Animal Hall of Fame during a induction ceremony in Toronto…. Lynn and her dog character “Farley” received the special award for “chronicling the bond between people and their pets.”
This year’s Associated Press Society of Ohio award for editorial cartooning goes to Jim Borgman who is celebrating 30 years with the Cincinnati Enquirer. Second and third place go to Jeff Darcy of the Plain Dealer (Cleveland) and Chip Bok of the Akron Beacon Journal.Jerry King, who contributes editorial cartoons to The Independent, also took first place in editorial cartooning, presumably in a different circulation size category.
This year’s 38th annual Robert F. Kennedy Journalism award for editorial cartooning went to John Backderf an alternative newspaper cartoonist who draws the comic “The City.”From the press release:Derf aggressively attacks the institutions, ideologies and attitudes that create an environment for the continuing oppression and exploitation of the powerless.
This year’s John Locher award winner William Warren got some press in his own college newspaper where the sophomore does editorial cartoons. The story also contains the URL to William’s web site where you can see his editorial cartoons.
As if the Pulitzer and SPJ award was not enough – Mike Luckovich has won the Overseas Press Club award for editorial cartooning. The prize was given to two cartoonists this year.
From Jim Borgman’s blog comes news that he’s been named as a finalist in this year’s EPpy Award given out by Editor and Publisher. The EPpy’s honor internet sites that are affiliated with the media industry. Jim was nominated for the Best Media-Affiliated News Blog and goes up against DayWatch (jsonline.com) and Crime Scene on […]
Every year when the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning is announced, there is a small teacup sized tempest the ensues. Earlier protests included the claim that the Pulitzer is awarded to only “liberal” editorial cartoonists and that conservatives need not apply. If you were wondering what the the fuss would be this year – head […]
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 […]