The First Thurber Prize for American Cartoon Art

Celebrating the art of cartooning

Liza Donnelly
6 min readJun 1, 2024
James Thurber self portrait

Yesterday, the annual Thurber Prize for American Humor Awards ceremony was held in Columbus Ohio. The literary prize has been around since 1997 and has recognized such great humor writers as Ian Frazier, Annabelle Gurwich, Mike Birbiglia, Trevor Noah, David Letterman, Dave Barry and many more. New Yorker writer and cartoonist…

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Liza Donnelly

Visual journalist/writer for New Yorker, New York Times, WaPo. TED, SXSW speaker. Looking to change world w humor. newsletter:https://lizadonnelly.substack.com