BGuthrie Photos: Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Presentation

Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Presentation:

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Description of Pictures: The Herb Block Foundation cordially invites you to The Herblock Prize Award Ceremony & Lecture.
Prize Winner: Ruben Bolling
Lecturer: Representative John Lewis
Finalist: Marty Two Bulls Sr., a freelance cartoonist who has drawn for the Indian Country Today Media Network.

Speakers in sequence:
* Carla Hayden, Librarian of Congress
* Marcela Brane, President/CEO of Herblock Foundation
* Ruben Bolling, accepting the prize (after returning from Japan)
* Clarence Page, Herblock Foundation board member
* John Lewis, Keynote Talk
* Q&A: John Lewis and Ruben Bolling

Ken Fisher, AKA Ruben Bolling
Ruben Bolling
Author of "Tom the Dancing Bug"
Ruben Bolling, pen name of Ken Fisher, is the author of the weekly comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug,” distributed by Andrews McMeel Syndication to many newspapers across North America It also appears on: BoingBoing.net, one of the most linked-to websites in the world; DailyKos.com, the U.S.’s largest progressive blog; and Gocomics.com, the largest comic strip website.
“Tom the Dancing Bug” is a free-format comic strip that uses varying types of humor, artistic styles and formats. It’s an unusual strip in that in any given week, it could feature a spoof, a multi-panel sketch, political or absurdist humor, recurring characters or caricatures of real people. But during 2016, political subject matter was at its heart, as it mostly dealt with the election and the rise to power of Donald Trump.
Ruben Bolling was the Finalist for the 2016 Herblock Award. He was the 2014 winner of the Society of Illustrators Best Cartoon Award in its Art Annual. In 2011, Bolling won the Sigma Delta Chi Award from The Society of Professional Journalists, for Editorial Cartooning. “Tom the Dancing Bug” has been twice-nominated for the Harvey Award for Best Comic Strip or Panel, and has won the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Award for Best Cartoon five times.
Ruben Bolling has authored three “Tom the Dancing Bug compilation books ...More...

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2017_DC_BollingR_170329: Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Reception (107 photos from 2017)
2017_DC_BollingP_170329: Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2017): Ruben Bolling -- Presentation (72 photos from 2017)

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