Tom the Dancing Bug

Tom the Dancing Bug
Author(s)Ruben Bolling
Websitehttps://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug
Current status/scheduleWeekly
Launch dateJune 8, 1990; 34 years ago (June 8, 1990) (on New York Perspectives)
Syndicate(s)Quaternary Features (1990–1997)
Universal Press Syndicate/Universal Uclick/Andrews McMeel Syndication (1997–present)
Publisher(s)HarperPerennial, NBM Publishing, Andrews McMeel Publishing
Genre(s)Humor, comedy political humor, satire, absurdist humour, postmodernist comedy

Tom the Dancing Bug is a weekly satirical comic strip by cartoonist and political commentator Ruben Bolling that covers mostly US current events from a liberal point of view. Tom the Dancing Bug won the 2002, 2003, 2007, 2008,[1] and 2009[2] Association of Alternative Newsweeklies Awards for Best Cartoon. The strip was awarded the 2010 Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning by the Society of Professional Journalists[3] and best cartoon in the 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Awards.[4] His work on the strip won Bolling the 2017 Herblock Prize[5][6] and the 2021 Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons,[7][8][9] and he was a finalist in the Editorial Cartooning category for the 2019[10] and 2021[11] Pulitzer Prize.

  1. ^ Gardner, Alan. Ruben Bolling Wins Best Cartoon Award from AAN Archived 2021-03-03 at the Wayback Machine. The Daily Cartoonist (June 10, 2008)
  2. ^ Xerexes, Xavier. Onward Into the Webcomics Breach Archived 2021-03-01 at the Wayback Machine. Comix Talk (July 1, 2009)
  3. ^ "Tom the Dancing Bug Blog". Gocomics.typepad.com. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
  4. ^ FULL LIST: 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Book & Journalism Award Winners Archived 2021-02-25 at the Wayback Machine (May 3, 2018)
  5. ^ "'Tom The Dancing Bug' Creator Ruben Bolling Awarded The 2017 Herblock Prize". GoComics. Archived from the original on 2018-03-03. Retrieved 2022-08-31.
  6. ^ "Ruben Bolling (Pen name of Ken Fisher) | the Herb Block Foundation". Archived from the original on 2017-03-06. Retrieved 2017-03-06.
  7. ^ Degg, D. D. (May 11, 2022). "Ruben Bolling Wins 2021 Berryman Award". The Daily Cartoonist. Archived from the original on January 17, 2024. Retrieved January 17, 2024.
  8. ^ "Ruben Bolling wins 2021 Berryman Cartoonist Award". National Press Foundation. November 1, 2021. Archived from the original on January 20, 2022. Retrieved May 11, 2022.
  9. ^ Winning Editorial Cartoonist Accepts Berryman Award Archived 2022-05-11 at the Wayback Machine (May 10, 2022)
  10. ^ "Finalist in editorial cartooning: Ken Fisher, drawing as Ruben Bolling, freelancer". Pulitzer Prize. 2019. Archived from the original on 2021-03-08. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
  11. ^ "Finalist: Ken Fisher, drawing as Ruben Bolling, for "Tom the Dancing Bug," Andrews McMeel Syndicate". Pulitzer Prize. 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-06-13. Retrieved 2021-06-13.