Congratulations to the winner of the 2021 AAEC John Locher Memorial Award, Sam Nakahira!
The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists has announced the Winner Sam Nakahira, the Runner-Up Katie Vuong, and Finalists Reilly Branson, Tom Coute, and Izzy Boyce-Blanchard for the 2021 John Locher Memorial Award.
Sam Nakahira is a Japanese American comic artist. Her comics have been published or are forthcoming by the Nib, Vox, and Asian American Writers’ Workshop.
This year’s panelists said: “Sam’s work contains strong, clear opinions balanced with well-researched facts. Sam uses pop culture touchstones such as books, movies and music to beautifully illustrate and explore the history of American Imperialism, while also reflecting on her own biases.”