Of Pultizers and Things
For reasons unexplained, the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning was not awarded in 1923, 1936, 1960, 1965, 1973, and 2021….
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50 Years Ago – Maus Origins
50 years ago, on July 15, 1972, Apex Novelties released Funny Aminals #1, an underground comix book with work by…
Durango Herald Joins Pulitzer Cartoon Protest
By Jan. 25 of every year, about 1,100 journalism entries are submitted to the Pulitzer Prize board. The competition is…
Op-Ed Cartoonists Merit Pulitzer Consideration
Author/attorney, former journalist/publisher Dennis Shere: When the Pulitzer Prize committee announced the 2022 winners in early May, one category was…
NCS Letter to Pulitzer re: Editorial Cartooning
The National Cartoonists Society, whose first President was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, has, in solidarity with the Association of…
Editor & Publisher Reports on Pulitzer Prize’s New Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Category
In May, Insider won a Pulitzer Prize, joining a small group of digital-only news organizations awarded journalism’s top prize. But…
AAEC Writes Open Letter to The Pulitzer Board
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) has presented a proposal to the Board of The Pulitzer Prizes making…
Azim, Del Col, Adams, and Hickey Awarded the Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Pulitzer
Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider for a comic on a Uyghur internment camp…
“Editorial Cartooning” Legend Dead to Pulitzers
The first Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoon in 1922 How is The Pulitzer Prize board celebrating the 100th anniversary of the…
AAEC Lists 2022 Cartoon Contest Deadlines
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has listed the available information and deadlines for cartooning awards to be presented in…
A Bill Mauldin Centennial
“I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.” – – – – Bill Mauldin…
The Pummeling of The Pulitzers Proceeds Apace
All three 2021 Pulitzer Prize finalists in the Editorial Cartooning category were in the news recently which means the Pulitzer…
Mary Schmich Takes Alden Buyout, Leaves ChiTrib
That didn’t take long.Less than a month after the Alden acquisition the Chicago Tribune exodus began. Mary Schmich is the…
Syndicates Issue Statement re: Pulitzer Non-Award
The Big Three Comic Syndicates have released a joint statement on the Pulitzer Board’s decision to not award a Prize…
Will Washington Post Get the Last Word on the Pulitzer No-Prize? Probably Not
Ruben Bolling was at his daughter’s high school graduation ceremony in Manhattan when he got word. Out in Santa Fe,…