Comic Riffs: matt wuerker


Posted at 12:18 PM ET, 10/19/2012

A NEWSWEEK APPRECIATION: Saluting the cartoon-friendly ‘Perspectives’ page [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
Saluting the ‘Perspectives’ page, that onetime roundup oasis of the nation’s political cartoons.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:18 PM ET, 10/19/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  newsweek, steve kelley, matt wuerker, steve breen

Posted at 01:57 AM ET, 05/12/2012

PROFILES IN CARTOONING COURAGE: How artists in Syria, Iran and India wield their free-speech pens against powerful forces
By Michael Cavna
How artists in Syria, Iran and India wield free-speech pens against powerful government forces.

By Michael Cavna  |  01:57 AM ET, 05/12/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Mahmoud Shokraiyeh, Ali Ferzat, Assem Trivedi, Cartoonists Rights Network International, Garry Trudeau, Matt Bors, Matt Wuerker

Posted at 12:05 AM ET, 04/20/2012

QUOTE OF THE WEEK: How’s it feel to win a Pulitzer? Politico’s Matt Wuerker says...
By Michael Cavna
Comic Riffs introduces a new art feature in which we spotlight topical and telling interview quotes. The debut: Politico’s Matt Wuerker on his Pulitzer win Monday for political cartooning.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:05 AM ET, 04/20/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  matt wuerker, pulitzer prize, politico

Posted at 01:28 PM ET, 04/18/2012

ALI FERZAT: Beaten Syrian cartoonist named to TIME 100 Most Influential List
By Michael Cavna
The Syrian editorial cartoonist, who was brutally beaten by his nation’s regime after creating work critical of the government, makes the magazine’s annual list of powerful people.

By Michael Cavna  |  01:28 PM ET, 04/18/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  ali ferzat, matt wuerker, time magazine

Posted at 03:33 PM ET, 04/16/2012

2012 PULITZER PRIZES: Politico’s Matt Wuerker calls today’s Pulitzer ‘a dream come true’
By Michael Cavna
Editorial cartoonist Matt Wuerker tells The Post it’s “a dream come true” as he wins the first Pulitzer in Politico’s young history.

By Michael Cavna  |  03:33 PM ET, 04/16/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  matt wuerker, matt bors, jack ohman

Posted at 10:41 PM ET, 02/07/2012

Political cartoonists say they’re indignant over Times’ solicitation
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  10:41 PM ET, 02/07/2012 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  new york times, matt wuerker, john cole, cam cardow, john cole

Posted at 12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011

BEST QUOTES OF 2011: From Gaiman to Watterson, the Year in Comic Riffs
By Michael Cavna
From Neil Gaiman to Bill Watterson, here are our favorite witty and poignant lines this year straight from our interviews with cartoonists and other creators.

By Michael Cavna  |  12:01 AM ET, 12/17/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  bill watterson, neil gaiman, art spiegelman, berkeley breathed, jeff smith, roger ebert, richard thompson, david lloyd, susie cagle, sherif arafa, matthew inman, oatmeal comic, james ward byrkit, stan lee, garry trudeau, matt wuerker, joe simon, jerry robinson, vincent zurzolo, craig thompson, mark fiore, ana juan, lincoln peirce, jef mallett, mike luckovich, domitille collardey, julia wertz, dan didio, renae de liz, craig yoe, bob moyer, tom jenkins, sylvain chomet, mike keefe, josh neufeld, lauren redniss, g.b. tran, scott snyder, frank cho, stephen hess, tom toles, nate beeler, peter dunlap shohl, dalia ziada, darrin bell, molly norris, gary groth, r. crumb, roz chast, peter robbins, jean schulz, mike manley, tom wilson jr., kevin rechin, tom brevoort, lynda barry, dwayne mcduffie, kevin rechin, bil keane, eduardo barreto

Posted at 12:19 PM ET, 12/09/2011

NEWSROOM PLAGIARISM: Why are cartoonists treated so differently from their journalistic brethren?
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  12:19 PM ET, 12/09/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  plagiarism, jeff stahler, david simpson, matt bors, matt wuerker

Posted at 10:00 PM ET, 10/18/2011

HERBLOCK TRIBUTE: Remembering The Post’s cartooning legend a decade after his death
By Michael Cavna

By Michael Cavna  |  10:00 PM ET, 10/18/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  Herblock, Herb Block, library of congress, mike peters, jen sorensen, steve breen, matt davies, scott stantis, mike luckovich, matt wuerker, jimmy margulies

Posted at 08:00 AM ET, 08/31/2011

ALI FERZAT GALLERY: Eight eye-catching cartoons to support beaten Syrian artist
By Michael Cavna
The abduction and vicious beating of top Syrian cartoonist Ali Ferzat has spurred an artistic response from his global brethren at the drawing board.

By Michael Cavna  |  08:00 AM ET, 08/31/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Tags:  ali ferzat, next media animation, matt wuerker, bill day, nate beeler, tjeerd royaards, sherif arafa, rick mckee, giacomo cardelli

Posted at 11:40 AM ET, 03/02/2011

TOM TOLES: The Post cartoonist wins the 2011 Herblock Prize [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
The Herblock Prize is staying in town. A year after Politico's Matt Wuerker won the Herb Block Foundation's editorial-cartooning honor, The Washington Post's Tom Toles [right] has been picked for the prize, the foundation has announced.. Toles is the...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:40 AM ET, 03/02/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Ann Telnaes, Harry Katz, Herb Block Foundation, Herblock Prize, Matt Wuerker, Signe Wilkinson, The Washington Post, Tom Toles

Posted at 05:30 PM ET, 01/10/2011

TUCSON TRAGEDY: Nation's cartoonists respond to the shooting [UPDATED]
By Michael Cavna
(Note: This collection was originally published Monday at 10:50 a.m. ET) Arizona Daily Star's cartoonist/columnist David Fitzsimmons drew from life quite personally in response to Saturday's shooting tragedy in Tucson. Fitzsimmons, who was at the scene shortly after the...

By Michael Cavna  |  05:30 PM ET, 01/10/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Daryl Cagle, David Fitzsimmons, Ed Stein, Jeff Koterba, Jen Sorensen, Lalo Alcaraz, Matt Wuerker, Signe Wilkinson, Steve Benson

Posted at 09:30 AM ET, 01/03/2011

'Riffs in Review: Top OBAMA cartoons from 2010
By Michael Cavna
Be they liberal or conservative or perched somewhere moderately between, political cartoonists of all stripes naturally keep 1600 Penn at the forefront of their mental address book: From any direction, the White House remains a requisite true-North for occupational...

By Michael Cavna  |  09:30 AM ET, 01/03/2011 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Darrin Bell, Garry Trudeau, Jack Ohman, Jeff Stahler, Lisa Benson, Matt Wuerker, Michael Ramirez, Next Media Animation, Obama cartoons, Steve Kelley, Tom Toles

Posted at 02:00 PM ET, 11/22/2010

Politico cartoonist MATT WUERKER 'thrilled' to get Berryman Award
By Michael Cavna
A cartoon from the winning portfolio. (courtesy of Matt Wuerker) The National Press Foundation has just announced that Politico cartoonist Matt Wuerker has won the prestigious Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for editorial cartooning. "I'm thrilled to...

By Michael Cavna  |  02:00 PM ET, 11/22/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Daryl Cagle, Jimmy Margulies, Matt Wuerker, Steve Breen, Tom Toles

Posted at 11:30 AM ET, 06/28/2010

THE RIFF: Where does D.C. rate as a 'comics town'?
By Michael Cavna
As the mercury hit 99 degrees Sunday, I had to wonder: Is Washington, D.C.'s comics scene ripe for heating up, too? While talking with "Big Nate" cartoonist Lincoln Peirce over the weekend, I asked him how he came to...

By Michael Cavna  |  11:30 AM ET, 06/28/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Aaron McGruder, Andrew Cohen, Ben Claassen, Comisgirl, Evan Keeling, Frank Cho, Herb Block, Jeff Kinney, Lincoln Peirce, Matt Wuerker, Michael Arndt, Mike Rhode, Richard Thompson, Shannon Gallant

Posted at 10:45 AM ET, 04/16/2010

Politico's MATT WUERKER accepts the Herblock Prize
By Michael Cavna
Matt Wuerker was clearly moved by the moment. "I was just trying to keep it together up there," the Politico cartoonist told Comic Riffs afterward yesterday. The moment was Wuerker's offering words of gratitude Thursday night as he accepted...

By Michael Cavna  |  10:45 AM ET, 04/16/2010 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  General, General | Tags:  Herb Block, Herblock Prize, Library of Congress, Matt Wuerker

Posted at 06:25 PM ET, 11/20/2009

Mike Keefe, Matt Wuerker & Ann Telnaes are honored
By Michael Cavna
UPDATE: Mike Keefe responds Friday to winning the award. Over at The Daily Cartoonist, Alan Gardner reports that Denver Post political cartoonist MIKE KEEFE has just won the Berryman Award. So first let us say: Huzzahs, because Comic Riffs...

By Michael Cavna  |  06:25 PM ET, 11/20/2009 |  Permalink  |  Comments ( 0)
Categories:  The Political Cartoon | Tags:  Mike Keefe; Ann Telnaes; Matt Wuerker; Bill Day; Berryman Award; Michael Cavna