Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary

The Pulitzer Prize for Illustrated Reporting and Commentary is one of the fourteen Pulitzer Prizes that is annually awarded for journalism in the United States. It is the successor to the Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning awarded from 1922 to 2021.

History

Since 1922 the prize had been awarded for a distinguished editorial cartoon or portfolio of cartoons published during the year, characterized by originality, editorial effectiveness, quality of drawing, and pictorial effect.
Since 1980, finalists have been announced in addition to the winner.
Only two comic strips have been awarded the prize: Doonesbury by Garry Trudeau in 1976 and Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed in 1987.
In 2021, with Ruben Bolling, Marty Two Bulls Sr, and Lalo Alcaraz the finalists, no winner was selected, which drew controversy.
In 2022, the Editorial Cartooning prize was superseded by the revamped category of Illustrated Reporting and Commentary, In response, the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists "issued a statement calling for the Pulitzer board to reinstate Editorial Cartooning as its own category while also recognizing Illustrated Reporting as a separate form." They wrote:
The 2022 award went to a work of comics journalism.

Repeat winners

Through 2017, eighteen people have won the Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer twice, and five of those have won it three times.

Name		Years won
	3	1922, 1925, 1929
	3	1931, 1934, 1940
	3	1942, 1954, 1979
	3	1964, 1971, 1984
	3	1972, 1978, 1985
	2	1924, 1943
	2	1926, 1955
	2	1927, 1928
	2	1938, 1947
	2	1945, 1959
	2	1966, 1980
	2	1974, 1977
	2	1994, 2008
	2	1995, 2006
	2	1996, 2017
	2	1997, 2007
	2	1998, 2009
	2	1999, 2003

Nelson Harding is the only cartoonist to have won the prize in two consecutive years, 1927 and 1928.