Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs Award Year: 2024 Award Name: The Best Cartoon Award 2024 Recipient: Amy Kurzweil Affiliation: Los Angeles Times Honored Work: “Op-comic: A Palestinian, an Israeli and a Path to Peace” Amy Kurzweil’s entry, written in a graphic novel format, eschews satire but effectively illustrates the…
Award archive category: Cartoon
The Best Cartoon Award 2023
Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs AWARD YEAR: 2023 AWARD NAME: 11 The Best Cartoon Award 2023 RECIPIENT: Matt Davies AFFILIATION: Newsday HONORED WORK: Best Cartoons Matt’s portfolio showcased consistently smart and insightful commentaries drawn in a uniquely playful satirical style. His cartoons use simple, striking images captioned with few…
The Best Cartoon Award 2022
Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs AWARD YEAR: 2022 AWARD NAME: The Best Cartoon Award 2022 RECIPIENT: Adam Zyglis AFFILIATION: The Buffalo News HONORED WORK: Best Cartoons Adam Zyglis sums up Putin’s war on Ukraine in one terrifying image. The cartoon is an homage to Francisco Goya’s “Saturn Devouring His…
The Best Cartoon Award 2021
Best print, digital or graphic journalism on international affairs AWARD DATE: 2021 AWARD NAME: The Best Cartoon Award 2021 AWARD RECIPIENT: Michael Ramirez AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Las Vegas Review-Journal AWARD SPONSOR: Mercedes-Benz Michael Ramirez masterfully employs the full arsenal available to the visual satirist. He wields sharp caricature, pointed commentary, and slicing artistry with equal…
The Best Cartoon Award 2020
Best print, digital or graphic journalism on international affairs AWARD DATE: 2020 AWARD NAME: The Best Cartoon Award 2020 AWARD RECIPIENT: Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Economist, The Baltimore Sun, Counterpoint AWARD SPONSOR: Daimler Kevin “KAL” Kallaugher seems like a cartoonist transported from a bygone era, while still creating compelling work that resonates…
The Best Cartoon Award 2019
Best print or digital graphic journalism, including cartoons, on international affairs. AWARD DATE: 2019 AWARD NAME: 11 The Best Cartoon Award 2019 AWARD RECIPIENT: Adam Zyglis AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The Buffalo News AWARD SPONSOR: Daimler An impressive caricaturist, Zyglis is the kind of cartoonist who would have to be jailed immediately if he lived abroad.…
The Best Cartoon Award 2018
Best print, digital or graphic journalism on international affairs AWARD DATE: 2018 AWARD NAME: The Best Cartoon Award 2018 AWARD RECIPIENT: Patrick Chappatte AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: The New York Times AWARD SPONSOR: Daimler Patrick Chappatte’s cartoons for The New York Times were a model of the form. One, in particular, stood out: a scene inside a Saudi Arabian classroom…
The Thomas Nast Award 2017
Best cartoons on international affairs AWARD DATE: 2017 AWARD NAME: 11 The Thomas Nast Award AWARD RECIPIENT: Clay Bennett AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Chattanooga Times Free Press AWARD SPONSOR: Daimler Clay Bennett’s deceptively simple cartoons, often without captions, drive home strong, perceptive messages on topics ranging from global warming, immigration, North Korea’s nuclear program and Vladimir…
The Thomas Nast Award 2016
Best cartoons on international affairs AWARD DATE: 2016 AWARD NAME: The Thomas Nast Award 2016 AWARD RECIPIENT: Steve Sack AWARD RECIPIENT AFFILIATION: Minneapolis Star Tribune Steve Sack successfully harnessed all the cartoonist’s tools – caricature, composition, biting wit and solid journalism – in his impressive portfolio. Visually engaging and often smile-inducing, Sack covered a wide…
The Thomas Nast Award 2012
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.