For the first time in 48 years, the Pulitzer Prize Board chose not to name a winner in Editorial Cartooning — a decision some are calling an insult to all cartoonists. The Pulitzer Prizes ...

Popularization: The symbol of the donkey was further popularized by the famous political cartoonist Thomas Nast in the 1870s. Nast used the donkey in a series of cartoons to represent the ...

Have you ever wondered where America’s political ... 1870 cartoon, shown above — “A Live Jackass Kicking a Dead Lion” — that popularized the symbol. The cartoon depicts Democratic ...

The elephant became linked to the Republican Party largely due to the work of political cartoonist Thomas Nast, who is often credited with popularizing both symbols. In an 1874 cartoon published ...

Newsday editorial cartoonist Matt Davies secured the top prize Thursday in editorial cartooning at an awards ceremony in New Jersey hosted by the National Cartoonists Society. Davies, of ...