Best cartoons on international affairs
AWARD YEAR: 2004
AWARD NAME: The Thomas Nast Award 2004
RECIPIENT: Kevin (Kal) Kallaugher
AFFILIATION: The Baltimore Sun
HONORED WORK: Best Cartoons
Kal knows how to take a complicated idea and make it simple and funny. The world economy, for example, appears as a man in a hospital bed on life support. After recovering, getting dressed and stepping onto the street, he is mowed down by a truck labeled “Oil Prices.” In another, Putin ignores Bush and drives a steamroller that flattens Lady Liberty, or “Democracy in Russia,” to a pancake. With his cynicism, imagination and sharp sharp drawing style, Kal always hits the mark.
Citations for Excellence:
Robert L. Arail of The State (Columbia, SC)
Stephen P. Breen of The San Diego Tribune