The Forbidden Planet International Blog Log

The 15th annual Cartoon Art Trust Awards were given out this week in London’s Mall Galleries, reports Bloghorn. The occasion also marked the 21st birthday of the Cartoon Art Trust, the body behind the Cartoon Museum.

(Climate Talks by and (c) Morten Morland who won the Political Cartoon Award, cheekily pinched from Bloghorn’s article)

The award winners were:

Strip cartoon award: Graham Dury, Davey Jones and Simon Thorp, the artist/editors of Viz

Pocket cartoon award: Matt Pritchett MBE (Matt) of the Daily Telegraph

Joke cartoon award: Robert Thompson of Private Eye, The Oldie, The Spectator and others

Political cartoon award: Morten Morland of The Times

Caricature award: Howard McWilliam of The Week

Young cartoonists of the year: Alex Shaw (under 18) and Nick Edwards (under 30)

The Pont prize for drawing the British Character: Annie Tempest of Country Life. The Pont Award was set up five years ago in memory of Graham “Pont” Laidler, who drew the series The British Character in Punch in the 1930s and 40s.

Lifetime achievement award: Michael Heath of The Spectator, Private Eye and Mail on Sunday. Previous winners of the award have included Raymond Briggs, Ronald Searle, Gerald Scarfe, Fluck and Law, and Trog.