Best Cartoon on Foreign Affairs 1979

Don Wright of The Miami News

Don Wright is being honored for his dramatic visual commentary on events in Iran. Wright, whose work is syndicated bu The New York Times, joined The Miami News as a copy boy and progressed to photographer and photo editor before coming into his own as a cartoonist in 1963. His art previously has won a Pulitzer and awards from Sigma Delta Chi and The Overseas Press Club, has been exhibited by a number of major museums, and is on permanent display at Syracuse University.

The judges voted citations for Ranan Lurie of The Honolulu Advertiser, Clyde Peterson of The Houston Chronicle, Jerry Robinson of Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate, Dana Summers of The Fayetteville Times, and Doug Marlette of The Charlotte Observer

Citations:

Ranan Lurie of The Honolulu Advertiser

Clyde Peterson of The Houston Chronicle

Jerry Robinson of Cartoonists & Writers Syndicate

Dana Summers of The Fayetteville Times

Doug Marlette of The Charlotte Observer