Best cartoons on international affairs
AWARD DATE: 2007
AWARD NAME: The Thomas Nast Award 2007
RECIPIENT: Clay Bennett
AFFILIATION: The Christian Science Monitor
HONORED WORK: Best Cartoons
The judges felt that Clay Bennett’s entire portfolio of work was extremely strong. The most arresting cartoon does what all great cartoons do: make you laugh and groan at the same time. It is of a plump, smiling frog, covered with four lipstick kisses, wearing a crown. The cartoon has no caption, and bears only one word, emblazoned on the frog’s crown: IRAQ. What an efficient, devastating, and clever way to describe the world’s desperate attempts to encourage Iraq- and Iraqis- to turn into a prince.
Citation for Excellence:
Mike Luckovich
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution