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This anthology presents the top editorial cartooning awards of the year along with the year's winners. Featured awards include:

“Pulitzer Prize “National Headliner Awards “Sigma Delta Chi Award “Thomas Nast Award “Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award “John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award “Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award «Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award

Each section of the book contains descriptions of the awards given and short interviews with the winners. These honored members of the cartoon world view their work as far more than entertainment. They describe their role in terms of journalist, opinion maker, secular preacher, provocateur, and visual columnist. In attempting to influence or illuminate the public, each has made a powerful contribution to the art form.

Dean Turnbloom