Pulitzer Prizes: Editorial Cartooning

Updated September 9, 2022 | Infoplease Staff

Here are the past winners of the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning.

1922

Rollin Kirby (New York World)

1924

Jay Norwood Darling (New York Tribune)

1925

Rollin Kirby (New York World)

1926

D. R. Fitzpatrick (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

1927

Nelson Harding (Brooklyn Eagle)

1928

Nelson Harding (Brooklyn Eagle)

1929

Rollin Kirby (New York World)

1930

Charles R. Macauley (Brooklyn Eagle)

1931

Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)

1932

John T. McCutcheon (Chicago Tribune)

1933

H. M. Talburt (Washington Daily News)

1934

Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)

1935

Ross A. Lewis (Milwaukee Journal)

1937

C. D. Batchelor (New York Daily News)

1938

Vaughn Shoemaker (Chicago Daily News)

1939

Charles G. Werner (Daily Oklahoman [Oklahoma City])

1940

Edmund Duffy (Baltimore Sun)

1941

Jacob Burck (Chicago Times)

1942

Herbert L. Block (NEA Service)

1943

Jay Norwood Darling (New York Herald Tribune)

1944

Clifford K. Berryman (Washington Evening Star)

1945

Bill Mauldin (United Features Syndicate)

1946

Bruce Alexander Russell (Los Angeles Times)

1947

Vaughn Shoemaker (Chicago Daily News)

1948

Reuben L. Goldberg (New York Sun)

1949

Lute Pease (Newark Evening News)

1950

James T. Berryman (Washington Evening Star)

1951

Reg (Reginald W.) Manning (Arizona Republic [Phoenix])

1952

Fred L. Packer (New York Mirror)

1953

Edward D. Kuekes (Cleveland Plain Dealer)

1954

Herbert L. Block (Washington Post and Times-Herald)

1955

Daniel R. Fitzpatrick (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

1956

Robert York (Louisville Times)

1957

Tom Little (Nashville Tennessean)

1958

Bruce M. Shanks (Buffalo Evening News)

1959

Bill Mauldin (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

1961

Carey Orr (Chicago Tribune)

1962

Edmund S. Valtman (Hartford Times)

1963

Frank Miller (Des Moines Register)

1964

Paul Conrad (formerly of Denver Post, later on Los Angeles Times)

1966

Don Wright (Miami News)

1967

Patrick B. Oliphant (Denver Post)

1968

Eugene Gray Payne (Charlotte [N.C.] Observer)

1969

John Fischetti (Chicago Daily News)

1970

Thomas F. Darcy (Newsday [Garden City, N.Y.])

1971

Paul Conrad (Los Angeles Times)

1972

Jeffrey K. MacNelly (Richmond [Va.] News Leader)

1974

Paul Szep (Boston Globe)

1975

Garry Trudeau (Universal Press Syndicate)

1976

Tony Auth (Philadelphia Inquirer)

1977

Paul Szep (Boston Globe)

1978

Jeffrey K. MacNelly (Richmond [Va.] News Leader)

1979

Herbert L. Block (Washington Post)

1980

Don Wright (Miami News)

1981

Mike Peters (Dayton [Ohio] Daily News)

1982

Ben Sargent (Austin [Tex.] AmericanStatesman)

1983

Richard Locher (Chicago Tribune)

1984

Paul Conrad (Los Angeles Times)

1985

Jeff MacNelly (Chicago Tribune)

1986

Jules Feiffer (Village Voice)

1987

Berke Breathed (Washington Post Writers Group)

1988

Doug Marlette (Atlanta Constitution and Charlotte [N.C.] Observer)

1989

Jack Higgins (Chicago Sun-Times)

1990

Tom Toles (Buffalo News)

1991

Jim Borgman (Cincinnati Inquirer)

1992

Signe Wilkinson (Philadelphia Daily News)

1993

Stephen R. Benson (Arizona Republic)

1994

Michael P. Ramirez (Commercial Appeal, Memphis)

1995

Mike Luckovich (Atlanta Constitution)

1996

Jim Morin (Miami Herald)

1997

Walt Handelsman (Times-Picayune)

1998

Stephen P. Breen (Asbury Park [N.J.] Press)

1999

David Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

2000

Joel Pett (Lexington [Ky.] Herald-Leader)

2001

Ann Telnaes (Los Angeles Times Syndicate)

2002

Clay Bennett (Christian Science Monitor)

2003

David Horsey (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)

2004

Matt Davies (The Journal News, [White Plains, N.Y.])

2005

Nick Anderson (The Courier-Journal, [Louisville, Ky.])

2006

Mike Luckovich (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

2007

Walt Handelsman (Newsday, Long Island, N.Y.)

2008

Michael Ramirez (Investor's Business Daily)

2009

Steve Breen (The San Diego Union-Tribune)

2010

Mark Fiore (self syndicated, appearing on SFGate.com)

2011

Mike Keefe (Denver Post)

2012

Matt Wuerker (Politico)

2013

Steve Sack (Star Tribune)

2014

Kevin Siers (The Charlotte Observer)