Nick Anderson wins the 2012 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition.  Chip Bok and Mike Keefe receive honorable mention.

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CARTOONISTS HONORED AT FESTIVE EVENT ON APRIL 5 

In honor of the winners of the 2012 John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition a festive event was held on April 5 at Columbia College Chicago.  The winning cartoons were auctioned after the cartoonists were presented with their awards. We also honored the latest class of Fischetti Scholars.  The evening included live music, cocktails and hearty appetizers.  Guests participated in silent, live and online auctions and mingled with professional cartoonists.  Guests also met successful journalists who completed their college educations by earning Fischetti scholarships, the college's second-oldest scholarship program.  The proceeds of the auctions support our deserving students while guests have a good time.

SPECIAL GUESTS

In 2011, we inaugurated the John Fischetti Lifetime Achievement Award.  It went to Dick Locher, winner of the Pulitzer, Fischetti, Overseas Press Club and many other prizes.  He also drew the Dick Tracy comic strip.  He presented the 2012 award to Jules Feiffer, also a multi-talented artist, author and playwright.  Both men were available to talk to guests before and after the program.

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 John Fischetti
1916-1980

John Fischetti was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist whose work for many years graced the pages of the New York Herald Tribune, the Chicago Daily News and the Chicago Sun-Times. He also was a man whose enthusiasm for life and generosity of spirit won for him countless friends.

Shortly after John's death in 1980, those friends gathered to consider a fitting memorial to the man who had so enriched their lives and his profession. They decided to create the Fischetti Fund at Columbia College Chicago. To date, the endowment has provided scholarships to some 600 students, as well as monetary awards to 46 outstanding editorial cartoonists via the annual Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Awards.

For over 25 years, the college has sponsored an annual event to honor the memory of John Fischetti. The professional cartoon competion winner is feted, and their signed, original work auctioned to replenish the scholarship fund.  As always, we welcome your individual support.  More information on this year's celebration and auction will be available soon on this site.

In these times of economic uncertainty, the financial assistance to complete college education that the Fischetti scholarships provide is more crucial than ever. The results are self-evident: Fischetti alumni are working in the most important media in the country. In one recent year, three Fischetti scholars won the prestigious Peter Lisagor Award for outstanding journalism.