Adam O. Zyglis (born July 9, 1982)[1] is aPulitzer Prize-winning[2]Americaneditorial cartoonist who works for theBuffalo News ofBuffalo, New York,[3] where he replaced fellow Pulitzer Prize–winnerTom Toles, when Toles became the cartoonist forThe Washington Post. Zyglis is also nationallysyndicated throughCagle Cartoons, Inc. He has also donefreelance work and caricatures and cartoons for theweekly alternativeArtvoice. Zyglis has won awards from the Associated College Press, and theUniversal Press Syndicate, and has been nominated for several other national cartooning awards. He placed third in the 2007 and 2011 National Headliner Awards.[4] In 2013, he won theClifford K. and James T. Berryman Award, given by theNational Press Foundation.[5] Zyglis was awarded the 2015Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning for using, in the committee's citation, "strong images to connect with readers while conveying layers of meaning in few words. "[6]
His cartoon about theJuly 2025 Central Texas floods prompted numerous death threats directed at Zyglis and his family, resulting in the cancellation of an event promoting local journalism at the Buffalo History Museum due to safety concerns.[7]
Zyglis graduated fromCanisius College in 2004 with aBachelor of Science in Computer Science and Math.[8] He was Art Director and cartoonist forThe Griffin, Canisius's student newspaper.[9] His work forThe Griffin won him three national collegiate cartooning awards.[8]
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