2021 Herblock Prize

“In a historically tumultuous and heartbreaking year where so many political cartoonists created outstanding work to both comfort and eviscerate a suffering and divided nation, Rob Rogers’ cartoons on racial justice, pandemic hypocrisy & America’s political devolution shone bright. Rob is a virtuoso with tongue-in-cheek irony, using at times a deft touch, sometimes a two-by-four, always sharply on target and thoroughly engaging.”

—Matt Davies, Newsday cartoonist, on the selection of syndicated cartoonist Rob Rogers as winner of the 2021 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning. In 2018, Rogers was fired after 25 years at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette for cartoons critical of Donald Trump. March 11, 2021.

 

 

• Editorial Comment: Cartoonists are worth 1,000 editorial words.

 

 

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