Editorial Cartoon Awards 1922–1997

Heinz-D. Fischer, Heinz-D. Fischer

• Publisher: De Gruyter Saur
• Year: 2011
• ISBN:
  9783110955774
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Journalism
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

The School of Journalism at Columbia University has awarded the Pulitzer Prize since 1917. Nowadays there are prizes in 21 categories from the fields of journalism, literature and music. The Pulitzer Prize Archive presentsthe history of this award from its beginnings to the present: In parts A toE the awarding oftheprize in each category is documented, commented and arranged chronologically. Part F covers the history of the prize biographically and bibliographically. Part G provides the background to thedecisions.

Table of contents

• PREFACE
• INTRODUCTION
• HISTORY AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR EDITORIAL CARTOON
• PRESENTATION PRACTICES OF AWARD-WINNING CARTOONS
• REMARKS ABOUT THE DOCUMENTATION CRITERIA
• 1922 AWARD: ABOUT PROBLEMS WITHIN THE SOVIET UNION IN 1921
• “WELL – YOU MAY ‘KEEP PART OF YOUR FOOD,’ IVAN”
• “ASSISTING THE SICK MAN”
• “ON THE ROAD TO MOSCOW”
• 1923 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN 1922
• NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARD”
• 1924 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICAN PEOPLE AND INSTITUTIONS IN 1923
• “IN GOOD OLD U.S.A.”
• “RIDDLE: WHY IS THE MACHINERY OF GOVERNMENT LIKE ANY OTHER KIND OF MACHINERY?”
• “AND WE TALK ABOUT STABILIZING THE FARM INDUSTRY BY LEGISLATION!”
• 1925 AWARD: ABOUT PEACE HOPES AND WAR FEARS IN 1924
• “NEWS FROM THE OUTSIDE WORLD”
• “A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS”
• “BRINGING A LITTLE LIGHT INTO IT”
• 1926 AWARD: ABOUT LAW AND ORDER VALUES IN 1925
• “THE LAWS OF MOSES AND THE LAWS OF TODAY”
• “THE VOLSTEAD TRAIL”
• “MAKING HER RIDICULOUS”
• 1927 AWARD: ABOUT CONFLICTS AND PROBLEM SOLVING IN 1926
• “TOPPLING THE IDOL”
• “TOP-HEAVY STRUCTURES REQUIRE BRACING”
• “HIS OWN DUST”
• 1928 AWARD: ABOUT PEACE KEEPING WITH LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES IN 1927
• “MAY HIS SHADOW NEVER GROW LESS”
• “A NEW BOUNDARY MARK”
• “A BIRD OF PEACE”
• 1929 AWARD: ABOUT ASPECTS OF THE GRAND OLD PARTY IN 1928
• “TAMMANY”
• “SEE THE PRETTY BANNER”
• “WE’LL RUN THIS CAMPAIGN”
• 1930 AWARD: ABOUT WAR DEPTS AND REPARATIONS IN 1929
• “PAYING FOR A DEAD HORSE”
• “WILL THE PEACE DOVE RETURN?”
• “LIGHTING THE WORLD”
• 1931 AWARD: ABOUT RUSSIA’S INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL ITEMS IN 1930
• “AN OLD STRUGGLE STILL GOING ON”
• “CANT GET A FIRM GRIP”
• “MOVE OVER!”
• 1932 AWARD: ABOUT DEPRESSION AND UNEMPLOYMENT IN 1931
• “A WISE ECONOMIST ASKS A QUESTION”
• “THE DANGEROUS SHORT-CUT”
• “THE DREAM OF LABOR”
• 1933 AWARD: ABOUT JAPAN’S QUARRELS AND AGGRESSIONS IN 1932
• “THE LIGHT OF ASIA”
• “HARA KIRI”
• “FANNING THE FLAME”
• 1934 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICAN LYNCHING PRACTICES IN 1933
• “OVER THE DOME AT ANNAPOLIS—”
• “CALIFORNIA POINTS WITH PRIDE—!!”
• “A REMINDER”
• 1935 AWARD: ABOUT STRIKES AND LABOR ACTIVITIES IN 1934
• “WHY MUST IT REACH THIS ‘POINT?’”
• “WE COVER THE WATERFRONT”
• “SURE, I’LL WORK FOR BOTH SIDES”
• 1936 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN 1935
• NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARD”
• 1937 AWARD: ABOUT DANGEROUS EUROPEAN CONDITIONS IN 1936
• “COME ON IN, I’LL TREAT YOU RIGHT. I USED TO KNOW YOUR DADDY”
• “EUROPE’S EYE VIEW OF HER FUTURE”
• “A FAMOUS CAT BEGINS TO WORRY OVER ITS REMAINING LIVES”
• 1938 AWARD: ABOUT ARISING OF WORLD-WIDE CONFLICTS IN 1937
• “WHEN THE LAST ETHIOPIAN IS DEAD”
• “WHEEEEE-E-E-E-E-E-E—BANG!—EXCUSE IT, PLEASE”
• “THE ROAD BACK?”
• 1939 AWARD: ABOUT GERMANY’S STRATEGIES OF OCCUPATION IN 1938
• “THE NEXT BITE”
• “THE STAKES ARE HIGH”
• “NOMINATION FOR 1938”
• 1940 AWARD: ABOUT BREAKING OUT OF WORLD WAR II IN 1939
• “THE OUTSTRETCHED HAND”
• “THE BOY AT THE DIKE”
• ”THE WILD WAVES AREN’T SAYING NICE THINGS”
• 1941 WARD: ABOUT GERMANY’S BOMBING OF GREAT BRITAIN IN 1940
• “IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE...”
• “WEATHER FORECAST: CLOUDY - CONTINUED SHOWERS”
• “ALL IS CALM...”
• 1942 AWARD: ABOUT WAR AND ITS ECONOMIC CONSEQUENCES IN 1941
• “BRITISH PLANE”
• “LOSSES”
• “LABOR DAY PARADE – 1941”
• 1943 AWARD: ABOUT WARTIME COMMUNICATIONS IN 1942
• “NEWS AT HOME AND ABROAD”
• “WHAT A PLACE FOR A WASTE PAPER SALVAGE CAMPAIGN”
• “THE MOST EXCITING READING OF ALL TIME”
• 1944 AWARD: ABOUT CONDITIONS OF FIGHTING NATIONS IN 1943
• “POST WAR FOOD PLANS”
• “BUT WHERE IS THE BOAT GOING?”
• “THANKSGIVING FEAST IN BERLIN, 1943”
• 1945 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICAN INFANTRY TROOPS IN EUROPE IN 1944
• “COLONEL CAPTURED BY GERMANS”
• “FRESH, SPIRITED AMERICAN TROOPS...”
• “YA DON’T GIT COMBAT PAY...”
• 1946 AWARD: ABOUT SUPER POWERS AFTER THE WAR IN 1945
• “HITLER’S LEGACY”
• “TIME FOR ATOMIC STATESMANSHIP”
• “TIME TO BRIDGE THAT GULCH”
• 1947 AWARD: ABOUT LIVING COSTS AND STARVATION IN 1946
• “OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND”
• “MEMORIAL”
• “STILL RACING HIS SHADOW”
• 1948 AWARD: ABOUT FEARS OF ANOTHER WORLD WAR IN 1947
• “PEACE TODAY”
• “COUNTING BEARS”
• “PRAYER FOR TODAY”
• 1949 AWARD: ABOUT INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL U.S. PROBLEMS IN 1948
• “WHO, ME?”
• “AUGUST IN BERLIN”
• “A LOT OF FACES WILL BE RED’ – PROPHET TRUMAN”
• 1950 AWARD: ABOUT TRUMAN’S ADMINISTRATION AND THE PUBLIC IN 1949
• “THERE ARE ENTIRELY TOO MANY HEADLINE HUNTERS...”
• “ECONOMIC REPORT TO THE NATION”
• “ALL SET FOR A SUPER-SECRET SESSION IN WASHINGTON”
• 1951 AWARD: ABOUT EARLY PHASES OF THE KOREAN WAR IN 1950
• “SHIPS THAT PASS”
• “HATS”
• “WE LOVE THE RED CHINESE, WE LOVE THEM NOT...”
• 1952 AWARD: ABOUT PRESIDENT TRUMAN AND THE DOLLAR VALUE IN 1951
• “OUR GLORIOUS DEAD!”
• “I WAS A HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP...”
• “YOUR EDITORS OUGHT TO HAVE MORE SENSE....”
• 1953 AWARD: ABOUT CONSEQUENCES OF THE KOREAN WAR IN 1952
• “WHITE CROSSES MOUNT WHILE PEACE TALKS DWINDLE”
• “CROSSES”
• “AFTERMATH”
• 1954 AWARD: ABOUT STALIN’S DEATH AND HIS FOLLOWER IN 1953
• “YOU WERE ALWAYS A GREAT FRIEND OF MINE, JOSEPH”
• “ERA OF THE MECHANICAL MAN”
• “ANY OTHER IMPORTANT FUNERALS COMING UP?”
• 1955 AWARD: ABOUT EAST-ASIAN ZONES OF CRISIS IN 1954
• “HOW WOULD ANOTHER MISTAKE HELP?”
• “SLOGAN PAINTER’S TROUBLES”
• “IT STOPPED THE RED RASH IN EUROPE, DOCTOR”
• 1956 AWARD: ABOUT DEFICITS DURING PROSPERITY TIMES IN 1955
• “ACHILLES”
• “CONSTRUCTION BOOM”
• “SOME ARE STRANDED ON THE LEDGES”
• 1957 AWARD: ABOUT HEALTH QUESTIONS AND LIFE RISKS IN 1956
• “WONDER WHY MY PARENTS DIDN’T GIVE ME SALK SHOTS?”
• “EVERY TIME I START TO DOZE OFF, HE DROPS ‘EM’”
• “THINK YOU’LL MAKE IT?”
• 1958 AWARD: ABOUT SOCIAL AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS IN 1957
• “THE THINKER”
• “LITTLE ROCK”
• “VOX POP”
• 1959 AWARD: ABOUT ACTIVITIES OF THE SOVIET UNION IN 1958
• “I WON THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE. WHAT WAS YOUR CRIME?”
• “DON’T PUSH YOUR LUCK, MISTER”
• “GOOD MORNING, COMRADES!”
• 1960 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN 1959
• NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARD”
• 1961 AWARD: ABOUT KHRUSHCHEV’S ROLE IN WORLD POLITICS IN 1960
• “A WARNING FROM THE JUNGLE”
• “HIT BACK! HIT BACK! YOU CANT WIN COVERING UP!”
• “THE KINDLY TIGER”
• 1962 AWARD: ABOUT INTENTIONS OF SOCIALIST COUNTRIES IN 1961
• “BY GOVERNMENT DECREE EVERY MEMBER OF THE COMMUNE IS ENTITLED TO A PRIVATE LOT”
• “I WOULD HAVE PREFERRED IT WELL-DONE”
• “WHAT YOU NEED, MAN, IS A REVOLUTION LIKE MINE!”
• 1963 AWARD: ABOUT NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND WORLD POLITICS IN 1962
• “I SAID – WE SURE SETTLED THAT DISPUTE, DIDN'T WE!”
• “A NEEDLE IN A HAYSTACK IS EASY”
• “A WALL!”
• 1964 AWARD: ABOUT ATTITUDES AND HOPES TOWARD INTEGRATION IN 1963
• “STAND BACK EVERYBODY! HE’S GOT A BOMB.!!”
• “NO CHEEKS LEFT TO TURN”
• “PROFILE IN COURAGE”
• 1965 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN 1964
• NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARD”
• 1966 AWARD: ABOUT CONFLICT PHANTASIES AND REALITIES IN 1965
• “YOU MEAN YOU WERE BLUFFING?”
• “ANYBODY SEE A PLACE TO GET OFF?”
• “HOW THE WAR WENT TODAY”
• 1967 AWARD: ABOUT SOUTH-EAST ASIAN TROUBLE ZONES IN 1966
• “THEY WON’T GET US TO THE CONFERENCE TABLE ... WILL THEY?”
• “YOU WANT US TO SIT DOWN AND DISCUSS OUR PROBLEMS? / DON’T HAVE ANY PROBLEMS!”
• “PROPOSALS...”
• 1968 AWARD: ABOUT PRESIDENT JOHNSON AND SENATOR KENNEDY IN 1967
• “DR. KING SAYS, WOULD YOU PLEASE MOVE TO THE BACK OF THE BUS?“
• “THE WAR IS GOING VERY WELL-PASS IT ON”
• “IT’S TERRIBLE THE WAY TOBACCO ADVERTISING IS SLANTED TOWARDS YOUNG PEOPLE”
• 1969 AWARD: ABOUT WAR OUTSIDE AND WITHIN THE U.S. IN 1968
• “SPEAKING FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH...”
• “AMERICAN STYLE”
• “TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP, THE BOYS ARE MARCHING...”
• 1970 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICANS DURING THE VIETNAM WAR IN 1969
• “GOOD NEWS, WE’VE TURNED THE CORNER IN VIETNAM!”
• “PRISONER OF WAR”
• “SORRY FELLAS... BUT THAT’S THE ONLY WAY OUT”
• 1971 AWARD: ABOUT WAR CONDITIONS AND WAR VICTIMS IN 1970
• “THE OPERATION WAS A COMPLETE SUCCESS... AS THE AUTOPSY WILL SHOW!”
• “FROM HERE TO ETERNITY”
• “THE U.S. ARMY...”
• 1972 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICAN POLITICS AND ECONOMY IN 1971
• “GEORGE?...”
• “FEDERAL FLOATING NOTE”
• “THE ECONOMY”
• 1973 AWARD: ABOUT THE DECISION TO WITHHOLD THE PRIZE FOR WORK DONE IN 1972
• NAMES OF THE BOARD MEMBERS VOTING FOR “NO AWARD”
• 1974 AWARD: ABOUT WATERGATE AND ITS FOLLOW-UP IN 1973
• “SOME OF THE STARS HAVE JUST ARRIVED”
• “I’VE DECIDED NOT TO TELL YOU ABOUT THE ALLEGED SHIPWRECK”
• “YOU’RE SURROUNDED NIXON ... GIVE UP THE TAPES!”
• 1975 AWARD: ABOUT POLITICS OF THE POST-WATERGATE ERA IN 1974
• “THE PRESIDENT FIGHTS BACK”
• “CONGRESS GROWS RESPONSIVE”
• “THE WATERGATE REUNIONS”
• 1976 AWARD: ABOUT FOREIGN COUNTRIES AND DOMESTIC ISSUES IN 1975
• “O BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES, FOR AMBER WAVES OF GRAIN...”
• “BEIRUT...”
• “CIA...”
• 1977 AWARD: ABOUT FACETS OF THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN IN 1976
• “THREE VERSIONS OF JIMMY CARTER”
• “I’LL BE JACK KENNEDY ... WHO DO YOU WANT TO BE?”
• “END OF ROUND ONE”
• 1978 AWARD: ABOUT TAX QUESTIONS AND ENERGY ASPECTS IN 1977
• “INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RETURN”
• “IRS...”
• “ENERGY PROGRAM”
• 1979 AWARD: ABOUT POLITICS AND CAMPAIGN SPENDINGS IN 1978
• “AND BRING ME THEIR HEADS SO I CAN SEE WHAT GOES ON INSIDE THEM”
• “PRE-ELECTION BALLOT BOX”
• “ELECTION TRENDS”
• 1980 AWARD: ABOUT DEATH PENALTY PROBLEMS OF FLORIDA IN 1979
• “FLORIDA STATE PRISON”
• “THE ELECTRIC CHAIR”
• “SHORTAGE OF BURIAL PLOTS”
• 1981 AWARD: ABOUT UNEXPECTED RESULTS OF CONDITIONS IN 1980
• “CAN YOU GUESS WHICH ONE’S BEEN BANNED?”
• “LOOK, LADY – YOU’RE THE ONE WHO ASKED FOR A FAMOUS MOVIE STAR WITH DARK HAIR, STRONG NOSE AND DEEP SET EYES...”
• “HE’S GROWN A FOOT SINCE I SAW HIM LAST...”
• 1982 AWARD: ABOUT WAR RELICTS AND DEFENSE ASPECTS IN 1981
• “WELCOME HOME HOSTAGES”
• “U.S. GUNS IN EL SALVADOR”
• “DEFENSE SYSTEM”
• 1983 AWARD: ABOUT PRESIDENT REAGAN’S PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN 1982
• “DIPLOMACY IN ACTION”
• “RONALD REAGAN’S WEATHER MAP”
• “WATT”
• 1984 AWARD: ABOUT POLITICAL EMOTIONS AND ATTITUDES IN 1983
• “PLAY IT AGAIN, RON...”
• “WELL, TELL HIM TO TURN UP HIS HEARING AID!”
• “THE DAY AFTER”
• 1985 AWARD: ABOUT TOP AMERICAN POLITICAL FIGURES IN 1984
• “ASK YOURSELVES ...”
• “CABINET MEETINGS”
• “OKAY, SENATOR GARN...”
• 1986 AWARD: ABOUT BASIC ATTITUDES OF AMERICANS IN 1985
• “REAGAN CRITICIZES RACISM...”
• “THE U.S. IS NOT GOING...”
• “THE MEDIA REPORTS...”
• 1987 WARD: ABOUT REALISTIC PROBLEMS OF AN UNREALISTIC WORLD IN 1986
• “MILO’S MEADOW”
• “69,9 CENT A GALLON!”
• “GOOD MORNING, MADAM”
• 1988 AWARD: ABOUT EXCUSES AND ILLUSIONS IN THE U.S. IN 1987
• “THATS RIGHT – JIM AND TAMMY WERE EXPELLED FROM PARADISE AND LEFT ME IN CHARGE!”
• “TO ERR IS HUMAN...”
• “PRESIDENT? ... NO, CHILD, BUT YOU CAN GROW UP TO BE FRONT-RUNNER!”
• 1989 AWARD: ABOUT THEMES AND TABUS IN AMERICAN LIFE IN 1988
• “HOW ABOUT MORE BLACKS...”
• “BEST ACTRESS...”
• “... ALL CONGRESSMEN...”
• 1990 AWARD: ABOUT REAGAN LEAVING BUSH ENTERING THE STAGE IN 1989
• “WE WONT FORGET YOU!”
• “FIRST AMENDMENT”
• “THE EDUCATION PRESIDENT”
• 1991 AWARD: ABOUT CONFLICTS AND GERMANY’S REUNIFICATION IN 1990
• “DOMINO THEORY”
• “NOW WE WAIT...”
• “ACTUALLY, ITS SO WE ALWAYS KNOW WHERE THEY ARE”
• 1992 AWARD: ABOUT HUMAN NEEDS AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN 1991
• “PULL THE PLUG?!!”
• “HELLO, WASHINGTON?”
• “HOME ALONE”
• 1993 AWARD: ABOUT U.S. PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGNING IN 1992
• “I HOPE I CAN GET THIS TURNED AROUND...”
• “HANG IN THERE”
• “MY ELECTION STRATEGY IS SIMPLE...”
• 1994 AWARD: ABOUT VARIOUS INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT AREAS IN 1993
• “NEVER AGAIN...”
• “AS THE SMOKE CLEARED...”
• “SOMALIA”
• 1995 AWARD: ABOUT AMERICAN BEHAVIOR IN KEY SITUATIONS IN 1994
• “PIE-EATING CHAMPIONSHIP...”
• “MOMENT OF SILENT PRAYER AT BEGINNING OF CLASS”
• “WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY’S ON CHRISTMAS...”
• 1996 AWARD: ABOUT TOPICS OF THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION IN 1995
• “OPINION POLLS”
• “WHO CARES ABOUT BOSNIA?”
• “FACE LIFTS AND COSMETIC SURGERY”
• 1997 AWARD: ABOUT FACETS OF THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT IN 1996
• “... WELFARE REFORM ...”
• “... I LIED, I CHEATED...”
• “FBI SEEKS NEW SUSPECTS...”
• WINNERS OF THE EDITORIAL CARTOON AWARD, 1998–2008
• INDEX