Goodbye 2017... Thank God.

Workflow, 29 Dec 2017

At the last moment of the old year, I decided to do something I really hate: post a recap of the year.

When I read Mike Luckovich’s recent editorial cartoon, I just couldn’t help myself. Twice-awarded the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, Luckovich's* works of art have best summed up the past year for me. Below are only a few of his outstanding observations…

Ebenezer Ryan, 21 Dec 2017

The Dark Side, 19 Dec 2017

Screwed, 18 Nov 2017

Pardon Me, 17 Nov 2017

* Mike Luckovich received the top honor of his profession when he won the 1995 Pulitzer Prize and 2006 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. The prize committee praised his work for its creativity and effectiveness.

His Pulitzers are only the latest in a long line of awards for the cartoonist, however. Luckovich was a runner-up for the award in 1987. In 1989, he won the Overseas Press Club's award for the "Best Cartoons on Foreign Affairs for 1989," and in 1991, he was awarded the National Headliners award for editorial cartoonists. In addition, Luckovick received the Ruben in both 2001 and 2006 and received the National Journalism award in 2008 for his editorial cartoons.

A Luckovich cartoon was selected by voters in a Newsweek magazine poll as one of the four best editorial cartoons of 1994.

After freelancing and selling life insurance to make ends meet following his graduation from the University of Washington in 1982, Luckovich landed his first cartooning job at the Greenville News in South Carolina. After nine months at the News, Luckovich was hired by The Times-Picayune in New Orleans, where he stayed for four years before moving on to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.

Luckovich's cartoons, syndicated nationally by Creators Syndicate, appear in more than 350 daily publications.