The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists annual convention will be held in Washington DC this year on September 13–15. This year’s convention will follow a somewhat different format than in the past. Thursday and Friday will center on “#!&% CARTOONS: A Festival Celebrating the Political Cartoon.” The festival will feature “chalk talk” presentations by various […]
The Overseas Press Club of America has awarded this year’s Thomas Nast Award to Swiss cartoonist Patrick Chapatte who draws for the Geneva daily Le Temps and Zurich paper the NZZ am Sonntag. According to World Radio Switzerland, this is the first time a non-American has received the award.
Last week I linked to an article on Slate.com by Farhad Manjoo who argued that the Pulitzer Prize should be opened up to other graphical commentary – such as memes, infographics, etc. mostly because he felt single panel editorial cartoons are, “an increasingly timeworn form. Even the best ones traffic in blunt, one-dimensional jokes, rarely […]
Farhad Manjoo, writing on Slate.com, isn’t impressed with the Pulitzer Prize going to editorial cartooning and argues that the award should go to really good political infographics. The backwardness of political cartoons is especially evident when you compare them to the bounty of new forms of graphical political commentary on the Web. My Facebook and […]
Time Magazine’s latest issue names 100 of the most influential people in the world. Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat is named on the list. Matt Wuerker writes why: Ferzat wasn’t intimidated. His hands have healed and are back to cartooning ? drawing sharp, vivid pictures and wry observations on his people’s plight. In the end, the […]
Matt Wuerker has won the Pulitzer Prize and the first one within his publication to do so. Here’s a round up of the more pertinent news stories surrounding his win.From Politico Harris said Wuerker’s award is “truly one for the good guys.” “I don’t think there is any better example of nice guys finishing first […]
Matt Wuerker, editorial cartoonist for Politico, has won this year’s Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. Matt was a finalist in 2009 and 2010 for the Pulitzer and a past recipient of Herblock Prize.Judges note his award was given “for his consistently fresh, funny cartoons, especially memorable for lampooning the partisan conflict that engulfed Washington.”Finalists this […]
Just a reminder that today the Pulitzer Prize will me announced for the category of editorial cartooning. Announcement will be made at 3:00 EST. I’ll have the winner posted here as soon as it’s made available.
California Gov. Jerry Brown issued a proclamation declaring today, April 15, as “Rex Babin Day” in the Golden State.Here’s the text of his declaration: PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA “It is difficult not to write satire,” observed the Roman poet Juvenal at the close of the 1st Century A.D. Few understand […]
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists is collecting money from its members for the Sebastian Babin Education Fund. The fund was created after Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist Rex Babin passed away last month after battling cancer. Sebastian is the 10-year old son of Rex and his wife Kathleen.From their website:Rex was a hard-working and devoted […]
In my haste to report that Matt Bors had won the Society of Professional Journalists’ Sigma Delta Chi award, I neglected to note the award was also given to Marty Two Bulls (different circulation category). Marty is the editorial cartoonist for the Indian Country Today Media Network. He’s worked as a commercial designer and graphic […]
Indianapolis Star editorial cartoonist Gary Varvel has been honored with this year’s National Headliners Award.You can see his award entry cartoons on the Indystar.com website.Second and third place went to Jeff Koterba (Omaha World-Herald) and Nate Beeler (The Washington Examiner) respectively.
Taking his second major prize for the year, Matt Bors has been honored with The Society of Professional Journalists’ 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Awards for excellence in journalism.Matt is also this year’s Herblock Prize winner.Congratulations, Matt.
Jeff Koterba, editorial cartoonist for the Omaha World-Herald, is being featured in a documentary on creativity and Tourette Syndrome. In addition to his editorial cartoons, Jeff is a writer and musician.One of the most surrealistic moments I’ve ever experienced had to be watching myself twitch on the big screen-when I was able to watch, that […]
I missed this one, but congratulations are in order to Jack Ohman of The Oregonian who was awarded this year’s Scripps Howard Award for editorial cartooning. Judges noted his “multi-panel cartoons that addressed national issues from a local perspective.”Finalists this year include: Nick Anderson (Houston Chronicle) and Stephanie McMillan (South Florida Sun Sentinel)