Template:Infobox writer Michael Cavna is an American writer, artist and cartoonist. He is creator of the "Comic Riffs" column for The Washington Post.
His column has received more than a dozen national awards from the Society for Features Journalism, in 2013,[1] 2014,[2] 2015,[3] 2016,[4] 2017[5] and 2021.[6]
Career
He graduated from the University of California, San Diego.
His "Wise Up" cartoon launched the viral #Draw4Atena campaign in 2015 on behalf of jailed Iranian artist Atena Farghadani.[7]
Cavna wrote the Harvey Award-nominated journalism profile for the Eisner Award-nominated book Team Cul de Sac: Cartoonists Draw the Line at Parkinson's.[8] He was the emcee and co-programmer of the first-ever "Graphic Novel Night" Pavilion at the Library of Congress's National Book Festival.[9]
In February 2015, Cavna began a cartoon that was updated monthly to mark the 545-day detention of American-Iranian journalist Jason Rezaian of The Washington Post;[10] the National Press Club (United States) used the cartoon to raise awareness about Rezaian's case.[11]
Awards
In April 2016, his "Comic Riffs" column was an Eisner Award[12] finalist for journalism.
In April 2017, his "Comic Riffs" columns received a National Headliner Award[13] for lifestyle writing. In May 2017, "Comic Riffs" received a second Eisner Award[14] nomination for journalism. In October 2017, Cavna shared his personal "Peanuts" history in the Eisner Award-winning book[15] Celebrating Snoopy.[16]
In April 2018, Cavna, with narrator/animator Tom Racine, won the Society of Professional Journalists' Sigma Delta Chi Award[17] for his audio/visual storytelling for For Art's Sake.[18]
In April 2019, his "Comic Riffs" column portfolio of arts writing and illustration received a second National Headliner Award.[19]
In June 2020, his "Comic Riffs" received a third Eisner Award[20] nomination for journalism.
In 2021, Cavna’s cultural coverage received a third National Headliner Award.[21]
In 2023, Cavna received the Ink Bottle Award from the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists.[22]
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