The Pulitzers, awarded for excellence in journalism, were announced yesterday, and the winner for cartooning was Adam Zyglis of The Buffalo News. Finalists were Kevin “Kal” Kallaugher of the Baltimore Sun and Tom Tomorrow (Dan Perkins), of Daily Kos. (On her FB page Columbia U librarian Karen Green revealed she was one of the judges for the category.) You can see some more of Zyglis’s work here.
As usual, WaPo’s Michael Cavna was on the scene for the first interview:
“Hearing I’d won was surreal,” Zyglis tells The Post’s Comic Riffs this afternoon, shortly after receiving the news. “I was working in a corner of the newsroom, and suddenly, people started shouting and coming up and hugging me.”
Perhaps Zyglis, who’s in his 30s, pretty youthful for a Pulitzer winner, should not have been so surprised. In recent years he won the Berryman Award, was a finalist for a Reuben, was named the 2015 recipient of the Grambs Aronson Award for Cartooning With a Conscience and was a runner–up for the National Headliner Award. Given all that it would be more surreal if he HADN’T won.
Normally we shy away from politics on Illustration Pages. But looking at political cartoons gives us a chance to feature more great artwork. So why not? And besides, the Anthony Weiner Twitter sex scandal lends itself so nicely to this art form. How could we resist?
Nate BeelerNate Beeler has been the editorial cartoonist for
The Washington Examiner since 2005. His award-winning cartoons can also be seen in The
San Francisco Examiner and have appeared on
CNN and in such publications as
Time, Newsweek, USA Today and the
Los Angeles Times, among others. Beeler is one of the most widely syndicated editorial cartoonists, with his cartoons distributed internationally to more than 800 publications.
Pat BagleyPat Bagley is an editorial cartoonist at
The Salt Lake Tribune, where he produces a daily cartoon. His cartoons have appeared in
The Washington Post, The Guardian of London, The Times of London, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, and
The Los Angeles Times. Over the years, he has produced more than 10,000 cartoons for the
Tribune. He is also an illustrator and author of independent political cartoons and children's books. His liberal political stance contrasts with the conservative state of Utah, and has influenced several books of political cartoons and humor, including
101 Ways to Survive Four More Years of George W. Bush, Clueless George Goes To War!, Clueless George Is Watching You!, and
Clueless George Takes on Liberals!. In 1992, Bagley received the Wilbur Award for Religious Communication from the Religious Public Relations Council for a cartoon in the April 23, 1991 Tribune. He was the first cartoonist to receive the award, which is given for "outstanding communication of religious values in the news and entertainment media."
2 Comments on Anthony Weiner Lewd Photo Scandal Captured in Political Cartoons, last added: 6/14/2011
Wow…. big shoes to fill… he replaced Tom Toles in Buffalo!
That portfolio is amazing, and has some great pieces!
Also interesting… lots of multi-panel cartoons among the three finalists, including one who works predominately with comics . I wonder when we’ll break the comic strip barrier again… Feiffer, Trudeu, Breathed… I see more multi-panel works editorial cartoons now, so it might be a while… the current layout is somewhat entrenched, but seems flexible as 2×2 or 3×2.