Finalist: King Features , by Tom Batiuk
For a sequence in his cartoon strip "Funky Winkerbean" that portrays a woman's poignant battle with breast cancer.
Winners
Prize Winner in Editorial Cartooning in 2008:
Michael Ramirez
For his provocative cartoons that rely on originality, humor and detailed artistry.
Editorial Cartooning
Finalists
Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2008:
Clay Bennett
For his distinctive cartoons marked by sharp focus and pungent simplicity.
The Jury
The Jury
Rosemary Goudreau(Chair )
editorial page editor
Meg Downey
managing editor
David Horsey*
editorial cartoonist and columnist
Karen J. Hunter
reader representative/associate editor
John A. Lent
professor, Temple University; and publisher/editor-in-chief
Winners in Editorial Cartooning
Walt Handelsman
For his stark, sophisticated cartoons and his impressive use of zany animation.
Mike Luckovich
For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style.
Nick Anderson
For his unusual graphic style that produced extraordinarily thoughtful and powerful messages.
Matt Davies
For his piercing cartoons on an array of topics, drawn with a fresh, original style.
2008 Prize Winners
The Washington Post
in exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials.
David Umhoefer
For his stories on the skirting of tax laws to pad pensions of county employees, prompting change and possible prosecution of key figures.
David Lang
Co-commissioned by the Carnegie Hall Corporation and The Perth Theater and Concert Hall, and premiered October 25, 2007 in Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York City (G. Schirmer, Inc.).
Staff
For its exceptional, multi-faceted coverage of the deadly shooting rampage at Virginia Tech, telling the developing story in print and online.