The Pulitzer Prize Board added an Editorial Cartoon category in 1922. Most of the winners have been single-panel illustrations, but the Board deviated from their usual pattern twice, selecting syndicated comic strips instead of standard editorial Cartoons.
The first comic strip to win a Pulitzer was Doonesbury, in 1975, written and drawn by Garry Trudeau (Universal Press Syndicate). Berke Breathed (The Washington Post Writers Group) won the second Pulitzer for his syndicated comic, Bloom County, in 1987.
The Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning was first awarded in 1922. It was created as a way to recognize excellence in the field of editorial cartooning and to honor those who use this medium to communicate important social and political messages.
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning was created in 1922.
Berkeley Breathed is famous for the 1980 American cartoon comic strip "Bloom County". Also, in 1987 Breathed won a Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning.
Rube Goldberg won the Pulitzer Prize for his political cartooning in 1948. He was known for his satirical cartoons that often depicted complex machines performing simple tasks in convoluted ways.
Pulitzer Prize for Drama was created in 1918.
Pulitzer Prize for Poetry was created in 1922.
Pulitzer Prize for Photography was created in 1942.
Pulitzer Prize for Commentary was created in 1970.
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction was created in 1948.
Pulitzer Prize for Music was created in 1943.
Pulitzer Prize for History was created in 1917.
Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting was created in 1985.
Pulitzer Prize Playhouse was created on 1950-10-06.
Thomas L. Friedman, an American journalist and author, is a three-time Pulitzer Prize winner. He won the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting in 1983 and 1988, and the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2002.