Rob Rogers has been named the winner of the 2021 Herblock Prize for editorial cartooning.
Rob Rogers is the nationally syndicated editorial cartoonist formerly with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
After earning an MFA in painting from Carnegie Mellon University in 1984, Rogers landed an internship at the Pittsburgh Press. Three months later he was hired as the full-time editorial cartoonist.
In 1993, Rogers joined the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Syndicated by Andrews McMeel Syndication, Rogers’ work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, USA Today, Time, Newsweek and The Week, among others.
Judge Matt Davies remarked “In a historically tumultuous and heartbreaking year where so many political cartoonists created outstanding work to both comfort and eviscerate a suffering and divided nation, Rob Rogers cartoons on racial justice, pandemic hypocrisy & America’s political devolution shone bright. Rob is a virtuoso with tongue-in-cheek irony, using at times a deft touch, sometimes a two-by-four, always sharply on target and thoroughly engaging. Long a beloved and larger-than-life fixture in the editorial cartooning universe, Rob is a preeminent practitioner of the artform, and his 2020 portfolio is wholly worthy of a Herblock accolade.
Winner's Works (Images)
