Boston Globe cartoonist Ward Sutton has won the 2022 Clifford K. and James T. Berryman Award for Editorial Cartoons from the National Press Foundation.

Sutton accepted the award at the NPF awards dinner Feb. 23, 2023:

Sutton’s satire skewered U.S. politicians for inaction on school shootings, explored dark scenarios about the end of American democracy, and portrayed Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese leader Xi Jinping as new lovers in an ardent authoritarian embrace.

“Ward Sutton’s cartoons all illustrate the power of direct impact, but the more you look at them, the more you see their nuance and complexity,” NPF’s judges said.  They called Sutton’s portfolio “just powerful.”

Sutton will accept the award at NPF’s annual awards dinner on Feb. 23, 2023.

The Berryman award is given in memory of a father and son who were both Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists and represent the highest standards of illustration and journalism.

Last year’s winner was Ruben Bolling, author of the Tom the Dancing Bug weekly cartoon strip.  Tim Campbell was the runner up.  Previous winners include Steve Sack of the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Robert “RJ” Matson of CQ Roll Call, and syndicated cartoonist Nancy Ohanian.

Sutton has been the Boston Globe’s editorial cartoonist since 2008. His work has also appeared in The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Politico, The Nation, The Onion, The Village Voice and The Nib.