Best cartoons on foreign affairs
AWARD YEAR: 1997
AWARD NAME: The Thomas Nast Award 1997
RECIPIENT: Robert Ariail
AFFILIATION: The State
HONORED WORK: Best Cartoons on Foreign Affairs
Ariail wins for this willingness to tackle complex issues and his ability to translate the ironies and outrages of the news into simple but powerful images. Whether the issue was Iraqi stonewalling on arms inspections, the Asian meltdown, or the question of Swiss cooperation with Germany in World War II, Ariail can evoke a chuckle or a snort of indignation with just a few strokes of his pen.
Citations for Excellence:
Kevin Kallaugher
The Baltimore Sun
Rob Rogers
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette