Your 2008 Fischetti Prize Winner

Michael Ramirez of Investor's Business Daily has won this year's Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition, it was announced yesterday by the Columbia College Chicago journalism department. Honorable mentions went to the Philadelphia Inquirer's Tony Auth and to the Ventura County Star's Steve Greenberg.

Ramirez won for a cartoon depicting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama as a sculpture on Easter Island. You can see it full-sized by clicking through to the Daily Cartoonist posting. For some reason, Alan Gardner got permission to use the cartoon even though such use would be clearly covered by fair use principles -- you're writing about the cartoon, not using the cartoon to illustrate an independent point. That being said, I don't want to punk on the wishes of a prize winner, so if you want a good look at it, go to Alan's site.

Ramirez is to get a $3,000 grand prize; Auth and Greenberg will receive $1,000 each. Fifty-six editorial cartoonists submitted work.

The cartoonist will be honored at a reception in Chicago on April 1, which will include a tribute to the late Doug Marlette and a silent auction of editorial cartoons to benefit the Fischetti scholarship fund.
 
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