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Editorial cartoonist Steve Sack wins Thomas Nast Award

It recognizes the best international cartoons published in 2016.

March 22, 2017 at 4:44AM

Star Tribune editorial cartoonist Steve Sack has won the Overseas Press Club of America's Thomas Nast Award for best international cartoons published in 2016. The judges noted that "Sack successfully harnessed all the cartoonist's tools — caricature, composition, biting wit and solid journalism — in his impressive portfolio." The Overseas Press Club of America is a New York City-based international association that works to encourage quality journalism and to promote international press freedom and the well-being of colleagues in the field. For more about its awards, see https://opcofamerica.org/overseas-press-club-announces-22-award-winners/. To see a collection of Sack's cartoons in general: www.startribune.com/opinion/cartoons.

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