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Accolades
Oliphant's list of awards is long, but he is ambivalent about the value of such recognition. He has famously criticized the Pulitzer for decades. When he made his first submission to the award, he intentionally submitted this cartoon with other, stronger selections. Not only did he feel it was one of his less sophisticated works, but it had been "mauled" by an editor before publication. As he predicted, it was selected as the winning cartoon for the year, and Oliphant was certain it was chosen for its politics rather than its quality. Two years after his Pulitzer, Oliphant received the highest honor in cartooning, the Reuben Award for Outstanding Artist. |