Prize Winner: Ward Sutton
Lecturer: Scott Simon
Finalist: Steve Brodner, illustrator, caricaturist and political commentator
Speakers in sequence:
* Gayle Osterberg, Library of Congress
* Marcela Brane, President/CEO of the Herblock Foundation
* Ward Sutton, honoree
* Athelia Knight, Herb Block Foundation board member
* Scott Simon
Ward Sutton:
Ward Sutton has been creating biting editorial cartoons for The Boston Globe since 2008. He experiments with size and format, often producing multi-panel cartoons that can read like a graphic novel. In 2010, his full-page “Tea Party Comics” won a gold medal from the Society of Publication Designers.
Sutton has also created cartoons for The New Yorker, The Village Voice, The New York Times,The Nib, In These Times, GQ, The Nation, Time, TV Guide, Rolling Stone, Fusion, MAD Magazine, and many more.
Sutton Impact: The Political Cartoons of Ward Sutton was published in 2005.
Stephen Colbert has said: “Ward Sutton’s satire doesn’t just bite, it maims. He’s the perfect cartoonist for our discordant times.’’
Alarmed by the incoming Trump administration, Sutton drew a “RESIST” poster image and distributed it for free online in 2017. It was downloaded, printed, carried in marches all over the world, and later chosen by American Illustration in its annual competition.
Since 2006, Sutton has semi-secretly been the man behind Stan Kelly, the (fake) editorial cartoonist for the satirical weekly The Onion. His book, Kelly: The Cartoonist America Turns To (TM) was published in 2016.
In addition to cartooning, Sutton has created posters for Broadway, the Sundance Film Festival, and musicians such as Beck, Radiohead, Phish, and Pearl Jam. He has designed, directed and/or produced animation for HBO, Noggin and Comedy Central. His work has been recognized by The Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, The Society ...More...
- 2018_DC_SuttonP_180509: Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2018) -- Ward Sutton -- Presentation (w/Scott Simon) (102 photos from 2018)
- 2018_DC_SuttonR_180509: Library of Congress -- Ceremony: Herblock Prize (2018) -- Ward Sutton -- Reception (120 photos from 2018)
underneath the file name (just above the picture). Spammers need not apply.
") are described as follows: