Editorial cartoonist Rogers wins Thomas Nast Award
Source: Pittsburgh Post Gazette
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette editorial cartoonist Rob Rogers has won the Thomas Nast Award, given by the Overseas Press Club for excellence in cartooning on international affairs.
Mr. Rogers' entry included cartoons on Iran's nuclear ambitions, the civil war in Syria and the tweets of Pope Benedict XVI.
The judges said, "According to his editors, 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 on world events."
The Nast award will be presented tonight in New York City at the 74th Annual Overseas Press Club Awards.
Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-city/editorial-cartoonist-rogers-wins-thomas-nast-award-684779/#ixzz2RO3DrqQT
Rob Rogers also won the Nast award in 2000, and was a finalist or a Pulitzer Prize in 1999. He's Board President of the ToonSeum, Pittsburgh's museum of comic and cartoon art.
You may not have noticed his signature on his work, but many, many of his cartoons have been republished on DU. He is a true progressive!
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