| Herblock | |
|---|---|
 Block likely in the 1950s | |
| Born | Herbert Lawrence Block October 13, 1909 Chicago, Illinois, United States |
| Died | October 7, 2001 (aged 91) Washington, D.C., United States |
| Area(s) | Cartoonist |
| Pseudonym(s) | Herblock |
Notable works | Editorial cartoons |
Herbert Lawrence Block, commonly known as Herblock (October 13, 1909 – October 7, 2001), was an American editorial cartoonist and author best known for his commentaries on national domestic and foreign policy.[1][2]
During the course of a career stretching into nine decades, he won three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning (1942, 1954, and 1979), shared a fourth Pulitzer Prize in 1973 for Public Service on Watergate, the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994), the National Cartoonist Society Editorial Cartoon Award in 1957 and 1960, the Reuben Award in 1956, the Gold Key Award (the National Cartoonists Society Hall of Fame) in 1979, and numerous other honors.[3]
- ^ Martin J. Medhurst and Michael A. DeSousa. "Political cartoons as rhetorical form: A taxonomy of graphic discourse." Communications Monographs 48.3 (1981): 197-236.
- ^ Hynds, Ernest C. "Herblock, Oliphant, MacNelly Lead Cartoon Resurgence." Newspaper Research Journal (1979): 54.
- ^ Harvey, "Herblock". American National Biography (2004).