Tom Toles

Washington, D.C.

Editorial cartoonist covering government and social policy; particular interest in issues of equality and environment Education: State University of New York at Buffalo, BA in English Tom Toles is the Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist for The Post and writes the Tom Toles blog. He joined the newspaper in 2002, after 19 years as the cartoonist for the Buffalo News and nine years with the Buffalo Courier-Express. He has also produced a syndicated a comic strip, "Curious Avenue," and a syndicated panel, "Randolph Itch, 2 a.m." "The Madhouse Effect," a book he co-authored on climate change, was published in 2016. His cartoons are also collected in six books, and he is the author of a children's book, "My School Is Worse Than Yours." Honors & Awards:

Pulitzer Prize, Editorial Cartooning, 1990
Herblock Cartooning Prize, 2011
National Cartoonists Society, Best Editorial Cartoons, 2003
National Headliner Award, 2005
The Week Opinion Award, Best Editorial Cartoonist, 2005 and 2010
Mencken Award, Best Editorial Cartoon, 1990
National Wildlife Federation, Conservation Achievement Award, 2009
The Overseas Press Club, Thomas Nast Award, 2003
The Wilderness Society, Aldo Leopold Award for Distinguished Editorial Writing, 2006
Fischetti Cartoon Prize, 1986
National Press Club, Order of the Owl, 2015