Michael Cavna
Michael Cavna is an American cartoonist and "Comic Riffs" columnist for The Washington Post. His "Wise Up" cartoon launched the viral #Draw4Atena campaign in 2015 on behalf of jailed Iranian artist Atena Farghadani.[1] His column has received eight national awards from the Society for Features Journalism, in 2013,[2] 2014[3] and 2015.[4]
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.[5] He was the emcee and co-programmer of the first-ever "Graphic Novel Night" Pavilion at the Library of Congress's 2014 National Book Festival.[6]
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;[7] the National Press Club (United States) used the cartoon to raise awareness about Rezaian's case.[8]
In April 2016, his "Comic Riffs" column was nominated for an Eisner Award for journalism.[9]
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