Mark Fiore is an American political cartoonist specializing in Flash-animated editorial cartoons. He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2010, the first ever for cartoon that did not appear in print.
Snuggly the Security Bear—a rather sadistic teddy bear who puts a positive spin on domestic spying and wiretaps
Right-wing Ralphie—a squat lawyer with pixie wings who fights for homosexuals to gain restitution for being "forced" into marriage; after the passage of California's Proposition 8, Ralphie celebrates the "protection of heterosexual marriage"; he is a caricature of Ralph Reed, the former Religious Right leader
Buzzie the Fly—a Cajun fly who updates the nation on the New Orleans reconstruction, especially the living conditions of Hurricane Katrina refugees
Fiore won the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning.[6] He is the first cartoonist to win an editorial cartooning Pulitzer for an entry of entirely online animations,[7] and his winning work appears on SFGate.com, the San Francisco Chronicle web site. The Pulitzer Prize committee, in a statement, said that "his biting wit, extensive research and ability to distill complex issues [on the web site] set a high standard for an emerging form of commentary."[8]
.png){kind=small}
