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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 the case for a return of the traditional Editorial Cartooning category. This year The Pulitzer Prize Board replaced the (now-defunct) Editorial Cartooning category with the category called Illustrated Reporting and Commentary the definitions of which, […]
Posted on: May 10, 2022, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 1 Comment
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 have been awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. From the announcement: Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Fahmida Azim, Anthony Del Col, Josh Adams and Walt Hickey of Insider, New York, N.Y. Finalists: Ann […]
Posted on: May 9, 2022, Section: AAEC-feed, Comic Books, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on Azim, Del Col, Adams, and Hickey Awarded the Illustrated Reporting and Commentary Pulitzer
“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 first Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning? By eliminating “Editorial Cartooning” as the name of the category. Editorial Cartoonists, going forward, will be known as Illustrated Reporters and Commentators. From the Pulitzer site: The Editorial Cartooning […]
Posted on: Jan 21, 2022, Section: AAEC, AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 5 Comments
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 2022 for work done in 2021. Quickly approaching deadlines include: The Pulitzer Prize Deadline: January 25, 2022 The URL for the Journalism entry site is entrysite.pulitzer.org. 12/23/2021: The Journalism entry site has reopened for the 2022 cycle. The […]
Posted on: Jan 9, 2022, Section: AAEC-feed, Awards, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on AAEC Lists 2022 Cartoon Contest Deadlines
A Bill Mauldin Centennial
“I was a born troublemaker and might as well earn a living at it.” – – – – Bill Mauldin (October 29, 1921 – January 22, 2003) William Henry Mauldin, better known to the world as Bill Mauldin, was one of the most popular and influential cartoonists of the twentieth century. In 1975, Bill Mauldin […]
Posted on: Oct 29, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Anniversaries, Cartoonist's Cartoonists, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 1 Comment
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 No-Prize was a topic. Boing Boing takes the Pulitzer Board to task in a short item castigating them for not picking a winner, especially Ruben Bolling whose Tom the Dancing Bug they publish weekly. © […]
Posted on: Jul 1, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on The Pummeling of The Pulitzers Proceeds Apace
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 latest to accept a buyout offer. With the wisdom, humility and grace that shined through every column she wrote, Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich bowed out Saturday after 36 years with the Chicago Tribune. In […]
Posted on: Jun 19, 2021, Section: Comic strips, Newspaper industry, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 2 Comments
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 for the Editorial Cartooning category in 2021. June 16, 2021: Statement Regarding Pulitzer Committee’s Decision on 2020 Editorial Cartooning Award A joint statement from Andrews McMeel Syndication, King Features and Creators Syndicate: Andrews […]
Posted on: Jun 16, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Andrews McMeel Syndication, Creators, Editorial cartooning, King Features, Pulitzer Prize, Syndicates, Comments: 4 Comments
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, Marty Two Bulls Sr. was driving to get coffee when his Instagram alerts poured in. And in Southern California, Lalo Alcaraz was preparing for a Zoom meeting at his Hollywood job when he got a […]
Posted on: Jun 15, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on Will Washington Post Get the Last Word on the Pulitzer No-Prize? Probably Not
More on Pulitzer’s Editorial Cartooning No-Prize
Mike Peterson has weighed in with his and a few others opinions, but the outrage is large and justifiable. The major slight is to the nominated cartoonists of course, and we’ll return to them in a moment. But let’s not forget the affront shown to this year’s jury. Two Pulitzer Prize-winning Cartoonists, two Editorial Page […]
Posted on: Jun 12, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Awards, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 2 Comments
No One Takes 2021 Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer
When the Pulitzer Prize awards first happened in 1917 there was no category for Editorial Cartoons. That honor began in 1922, so this is the 99th year since the first Editorial Cartoon Prize was awarded to Rollin Kirby (though not every year since then saw a Prize awarded to a cartoonist). The original terms for […]
Posted on: Jun 11, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 11 Comments
The Big Lie – Garry Trudeau and The Pulitzer
Yesterday The Beat with Ari Melber included a segment with cartoonist Garry B. Trudeau the creator of the Doonesbury comic strip. There were two problems with the piece: first, G.B was given less than half the four and a half minutes allotted; and second, Mr. Melber, in his long-winded introduction, repeated the false line about […]
Posted on: May 6, 2021, Section: AAEC-feed, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 4 Comments
Pultizer Cartoon Expanded Into Graphic Novel
The 2018 Pulitzer Prize-winner for editorial cartooning, Welcome to the New World by Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan, is now a graphic novel. The authors have expanded the original 20 part series into a 192 page graphic novel. When it came to illustrating the book, Michael approached his drawing style differently. The project “put me […]
Posted on: Sep 11, 2020, Section: AAEC-feed, Comic strips, Editorial cartooning, Graphic Journalism, Graphic Novels, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on Pultizer Cartoon Expanded Into Graphic Novel
Barry Blitt Wins 2020 Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer
Barry Blitt of The New Yorker is the 2020 Pulitzer Prize winner for Editorial Cartooning. Editorial Cartooning Barry Blitt, contributor, The New Yorker For work that skewers the personalities and policies emanating from the Trump White House with deceptively sweet watercolor style and seemingly gentle caricatures. (Moved into contention by the Board.) […]
Posted on: May 4, 2020, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: 6 Comments
Jape Handicaps The Pulitzers
The Pulitzer Prize winners, usually named the third Monday of April, will be announced this coming first Monday of May. J. P. Trostle has taken on the insane task of handicapping the editorial cartoonists’ chances of winning their category this year. Sez Jape: Based on the past performance of the judges doling out the award, […]
Posted on: May 2, 2020, Section: AAEC-feed, Editorial cartooning, Pulitzer Prize, Comments: Comments Off on Jape Handicaps The Pulitzers
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