Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year

LEE JUDGECourtesy Kansas City Star

BESTEDITORIALCARTOONS

OF THEYEAR

2002 EDITION

Edited byCHARLES BROOKS

PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANYGretna 2002

Copyright © 2002By Charles BrooksAll rights reserved

The cartoons in this volume are reproduced with the expressed permission of the individual cartoonists and their respective

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Contents

Award-Winning Cartoons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

September 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The Response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

The Bush Administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

The Democrats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

The Military . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Anthrax and the Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

The World Economy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Foreign Affairs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Crime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Space and Air Travel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189

. . . and Other Issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Past Award Winners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Index of Cartoonists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205

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Award-Winning Cartoons

2001 PULITZER PRIZE

ANN TELNAESEditorial Cartoonist

Tribune Media Services

Born in Stockholm, Sweden; graduate of the California Institute of theArts, with a specialty in character animation; former artist for Walt DisneyImagineering and various animation studios in London, Los Angeles,Taiwan, and New York; the second woman to win the Pulitzer Prize foreditorial cartooning.

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NICK ANDERSONEditorial Cartoonist

Louisville Courier-Journal

Born in Toledo, Ohio, 1967; majored in political science and was edito-rial cartoonist for the university newspaper at Ohio State University; win-ner of the Charles M. Schulz Award for the best college cartoonist, 1989;associate editorial cartoonist Louisville Courier-Journal, 1991, and chiefeditorial cartoonist, 1995 to the present; winner of the John FischettiAward for editorial cartoons, 1999. The names of his sons, Colton andTravis, are hidden in all of his cartoons.

2000 NATIONAL SOCIETY OF PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTS AWARD

(Selected in 2001)

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2001 NATIONAL HEADLINER AWARD

STEVE KELLEYEditorial Cartoonist

San Diego Union-Tribune

Born in Richmond, Virginia; graduated from Dartmouth College, 1981;editorial cartoonist for the San Diego Union-Tribune, 1981 to 2001; main-tains an active speaking schedule as a humorist.

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2000 SCRIPPS-HOWARD FOUNDATIONNATIONAL JOURNALISM AWARD

(Selected in 2001)

JAMES CASCIARIEditorial Cartoonist

Vero Beach Press Journal

Born in Wilton, Connecticut; graduated from the University of Miami;editorial cartoonist for the Vero Beach Press Journal, 1991 to the present,and the Treasure Coast Newspapers (The Stuart News, The Port St. LucieNews, and The Fort Pierce Tribune), 1996 to the present; winner of theFlorida Press Club Excellence in Journalism Award for editorial car-tooning, 1998, 1999, 2000, and 2001.

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CHAN LOWEEditorial Cartoonist

Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel

Born in New York City, 1953; graduated from Williams College, 1975;editorial cartoonist for the Shawnee (Oklahoma) News-Star, 1975-77,the Oklahoma City Times, 1978-84, and the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sen-tinel, 1984 to the present; an occasional feature writer, television colum-nist, and classical music critic; cartoons syndicated by Tribune MediaServices.

2001 BERRYMAN AWARD

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SERGE CHAPLEAUEditorial Cartoonist

La Presse (Montreal)

Born in Montreal, 1945; newspaper caricaturist for various publica-tions since 1971; previous winner of Canada’s National NewspaperAward for editorial cartooning in 1997 and 1999.

(The Pope embraces Palestinian soil. Yasser Arafat presents him aplate of the soil, saying: “That’s all of it we can find at the moment.”)

2000 NATIONAL NEWSPAPER AWARD / CANADA(Selected in 2001)

Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year

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J.D. CROWECourtesy Mobile Register

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September 11

On September 11, another day that will live in infamy, several thousandpeople were killed in a devastating terrorist attack in New York Cityand Washington, D.C. Two hijacked passenger planes were deliberatelycrashed into the World Trade Center Towers in New York, and the1,350-foot buildings collapsed within an hour because of the extremeheat from burning jet fuel.

A third hijacked airplane slammed into the Pentagon in Washing-ton, while a fourth, possibly headed for the White House or the Capi-tol, crashed in the Pennsylvania countryside when passengers resistedtheir hijackers.

Suspicion immediately fell on Islamic terrorist Osama bin Laden,whose organization had been responsible for bombings in Africa andthe attack on the USS Cole. President George W. Bush labeled theattack an act of war and vowed to confront terrorism wherever it couldbe found.

Among the first real American heroes of the new century were thecourageous New York City firemen and police officers who plunged intothe inferno trying to assist victims. An estimated 400 firefighters andsome 40 police officers were entombed when the skyscrapers collapsed.

CHUCK ASAYCourtesy Colorado Springs Gazette-Telegraph

JAMES CASCIARICourtesy Vero Beach Press Journal

JOHN SPENCERCourtesy Philadelphia Business Journal

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MARTY RISKINCourtesy Georgetown Record (Mass.)

BRIAN DUFFYCourtesy Des Moines Register

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