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The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, by Mike Luckovich

For his powerful cartoons on an array of issues, drawn with a simple but piercing style.
Lee Bollinger and Mike Luckovich

Columbia University President Lee C. Bollinger (left) presents Mike Luckovich with the 2006 Pulitzer Prize in Editorial Cartooning.

Winning Work

October 26, 2005

August 24, 2005

September 2, 2005

June 3, 2005

November 25, 2005

 

June 28, 2005

September 3, 2005

September 7, 2005

April 13, 2005

March 10, 2005

October 12, 2005

August 26, 2005

May 13, 2005

April 22, 2005

May 6, 2005

October 9, 2005

December 29, 2005

July 27, 2005

November 23, 2005

December 30, 2005

Biography

Mike Luckovich, editorial cartoonist of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize for cartooning.

A native of Seattle, he graduated from the University of Washington with a degree in political science. He worked as a traveling salesman while dreaming of landing a cartooning job on a daily newspaper. At last he did with the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 1984. Luckovich joined the Constitution in 1989. His work also appears in Time, the New York Times and other media. He is distributed nationally by Creators Syndicate.

Luckovich also won the 1994 Robert F. Kennedy and Overseas Press Club awards, and 1992 National Headliner award, and three first places in the Cox Newspapers awards, all for cartooning.

Finalists

Nominated as finalists in Editorial Cartooning in 2006:

Marshall Ramsey

For his vivid, wide ranging cartoons that express crisp opinions with uncomplicated artistry.

Mike Thompson

For diverse cartoons that use wit, irony and artistic flair to sharpen their impact.

The Jury

John Young

editorial page editor

Lucy Shelton Caswell(chair )

professor and curator

O. Ricardo Pimentel

editorial page editor

Rebecca Pierce

editor

Sandra Long

deputy managing editor

Winners in Editorial Cartooning

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.

David Horsey

For his perceptive cartoons executed with a distinctive style and sense of humor.

2006 Prize Winners

The Times-Picayune

For its heroic, multi-faceted coverage of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, making exceptional use of the newspaper's resources to serve an inundated city even after evacuation of the newspaper plant. (Selected by the Board from the Public Service category, where it was entered.)

Sun Herald

For its valorous and comprehensive coverage of Hurricane Katrina, providing a lifeline for devastated readers, in print and online, during their time of greatest need.