Inaugural Herblock Prize Awarded

Journal News editorial cartoonist Matt Davies has been named the first winner of the Herblock Prize, awarded in the memory of legendary cartoonist and three-time Pulitzer Prize winner Herbert Block.

Davies, 37, won the award from a field of 64 prominent artists and was chosen by a panel of judges that included Doonesbury cartoonist Garry Trudeau and New Yorker magazine editor David Remnick.

"He was a clear unanimous first choice of the judges," said Frank Swoboda, president of the Herb Block Foundation. "You look at his cartoons, you look at the message. He is taking a look at some preposterous situations and blowing holes in people's preponderance. He is very much in the tradition of Herb Block."

Davies will receive the award tonight in a ceremony at the Library of Congress.

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