AWARD DATE: 2012
AWARD NAME: The Thomas Nast Award 2012
AWARD RECIPIENT: Rob Rogers
AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
AWARD HONORED WORK: Best cartoons on international affairs
According to his editors, Rob Rogers “enrages” and “infuriates” some readers in Pittsburgh. The OPC Committee presumes he delights many more with his deft application of humor to serious subjects from around the globe. He executes the cartoonist’s mission: to inform, entertain and spark discussion of world events.
Citation for Excellence:
Signe Wilkinson
Philadelphia Daily News and The Philadelphia Inquirer