{"id":3582,"date":"2011-04-13T14:47:14","date_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:47:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/?p=3582"},"modified":"2011-04-13T14:47:14","modified_gmt":"2011-04-13T20:47:14","slug":"about-the-april-2011-cover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/bulletin\/2011\/04\/about-the-april-2011-cover\/","title":{"rendered":"About the April 2011 cover"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Mark Fiore \u201991 created this illustration of CC then and now. Fiore, whose animated political cartoons appear on SFGate.com, the website of the San Francisco Chronicle, won the Pulitzer Prize in 2010 for editorial cartooning. Fiore was a political science major at Colorado College.<\/p>\n

It was the first time since the category of editorial cartooning was created in 1922 that the Pulitzer went to an artist whose work does not appear in print. The Pulitzer jury said Fiore\u2019s \u201cbiting wit, extensive research, and ability to distill complex issues set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary\u201d \u2014 online video cartooning. Like traditional editorial cartoons, his work pokes fun at politicians and societal hypocrisy, but Fiore delivers his messages in animated videos that last between 45 seconds and two minutes.<\/p>\n

Fiore\u2019s winning entry included \u201cScience-gate,\u201d which adopts the voice-over tone of a mudslinging political ad to lampoon skeptics of global warming. \u201cObama Interruptus\u201d portrays the president as a focused orator despite the distracting realities of the world around him. \u201cCredit Card Reform in Action\u201d spoofs new credit-card regulations that are as confusing and loophole-laden as any credit card company\u2019s signup brochure.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat I really try to do is make it accessible, avoid the wonky, and have something to say,\u201d Fiore said. \u201cI\u2019d rather get people thinking a little bit (first), then laughing. But ideally, do both.\u201d See more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Fiore will deliver the Commencement address at Colorado College\u2019s Commencement ceremony on May 23, 2011.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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