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Bolling 2022 Berryman Award Winner | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/bolling-2022-berryman-award-winner/May 11, 2022- A big congrats to Ruben Bolling on winning this year’s Berryman Award from the National Press Foundation. The judges cited Bolling’s mordant wit, superior artwork and inventive delivery. “The cartoonist parodies well-known American cultural memes, from Charles M. Schultz’s Peanuts to Richard Scarry’s children’s books to The Matrix.” Also, kudos...
An Open Letter to the Pulitzer Prize Board | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/an-open-letter-to-the-pulitzer-prize-board/May 10, 2022- The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists would like to congratulate illustrator Fahmida Azim and the other contributors to the team that created the illustrated article, “I Escaped a Chinese Internment Camp,” which won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in the recently renamed category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary. We would like...
Ann Telnaes named Pulitzer Finalist for 2022 | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/ann-telnaes-named-pulitzer-finalist-for-2022/May 10, 2022- Washington Post editorial cartoonist (and past AAEC President) Ann Telnaes was selected as a finalist for this year’s Pulitzer Prize in the newly renamed “Illustrated Reporting and Commentary” category. The judges cited her portfolio for its “succinct and layered cartoons covering a wide range of social and political topics with...
Matt Davies Wins 2022 Headliner Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/matt-davies-wins-2022-headliner-award/May 2, 2022- Editorial cartoonist Matt Davies is this year’s winner of the Headliner Award, one of the oldest continuous-awarded journalism prizes. The judges had this to say about the Newsday staff cartoonist: “In a field crowded with purse-lipped presidents and ‘clusters’ of guns, Matt Davies’ entry stood out for its out-of-the-box approach...
Lalo Alcaraz to Receive Herblock at Library of Congress | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/lalo-alcaraz-to-receive-herblock-at-library-of-congress/April 26, 2022- On the day he receives the coveted Herblock Prize at the Library of Congress, Lalo Alcaraz talks to @comicriffs Michael Cavna about what motivates him as a political cartoonist. https://www.washingtonpost.com/comics/2022/04/26/lalo-alcaraz-cartoons-herblock-prize/...
Sack Sacks Sack | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/sack-sacks-sack/April 25, 2022- Over the weekend, the Minneapolis Star Tribune made it official: Steve Sack is retiring after almost 42 years at the paper. The influential and irrepressible Pulitzer Prize winner had told fellow cartoonists earlier in the week he had decided to step down from his long-time staff position to pursue his...
Cartoonist Talks | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/cartoonist-talks/April 25, 2022- ICYMI — Political cartoonist Angelo Lopez has been posting a series of online discussions with editorial cartoonists. First up, he and Eric Garcia talk about the role of artist activists in helping to create social change, and the importance of political cartoons in critiquing society: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QgScglqKMpg Then, Lopez chats with...
Tim Eagan Takes the Graphic Novel Plunge | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/tim-eagan-takes-the-graphic-novel-plunge/March 30, 2022- Long-time editorial cartoonist Tim Eagan is taking the plunge into graphic novels — literally. Eagan has just launched a Kickstarter to publish “Headfirst,” the story of his near-fatal 3-story fall and the existential thoughts it inspired. Eagan’s local paper also had an interview with the cartoonist on the book. Crowdsourcing...
Matt Wuerker Picks the Best of Politico | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/matt-wuerker-picks-the-best-of-politico/January 28, 2022- Award-winning cartoonist Matt Wuerker uses the occasion of Politico‘s 15th anniversary to look back at his favorite cartoons over the past decade and a half. Wuerker was one of the first hires at the Washington DC media outlet, and his work won the fledgling newspaper its first Pulitzer Prize. Read...
Kal the winner of the 2020 OPC Award | Post
https://editorialcartoonists.com/kal-the-winner-of-the-2020-opc-award/April 7, 2021- Congratulations to cartoonist Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher, the 2020 winner of the Award-formerly-known-as-the-Thomas-Nast from the Overseas Press Club of America. This is Kal’s fifth time to win the OPCA prize. Michael Ramirez was cited as the runner-up. https://opcofamerica.org/2020-opc-award-winners/ America’s oldest association dedicated to international news will honor the journalists at an Oct....
