and a Lebanese mother, so I wanted to better understand the problems that the people of Lebanon are still facing, long after the fighting stopped," he said. "I also wanted to use my craft as a cartoonist, my experience as a journalist and my sense of satire to create a new kind of prism through which to view forgotten conflicts and a new technique for revealing the humanity behind the story." Awards In 2012, Chappatte became the first non-American to win the Overseas Press Club of America’s Thomas Nast Award for best cartoons on international affairs. He would be awarded this prize twice more: in 2016 and 2019. In February 2013, he received the 2012 Audience Award from the Swiss satirical journal Nebelspalter. In 2017, the Swiss association Films Plans-Fixes produced a documentary tracing his career. In 2020, the Swiss Fondation pour Genève awarded him its annual prize "for his exceptional contribution to the influence of Geneva and for his commitment to freedom of the press and expression". Bibliography (English) Stress Test, 2011-2012: Cartoons from the International Herald Tribune (Globe Cartoon, 2012) Signs of Recovery, 2009-2010: Cartoons from the International Herald Tribune (Globe Cartoon, 2010) Partly Cloudy, 2007-2008: Cartoons from the International Herald Tribune (Globe Cartoon, 2008) Globalized, 2005-2007: Cartoons from the International Herald (Globe Cartoon, 2007) Another World, 2000-2004: Cartoons from the International Herald Tribune (Globe Cartoon, 2004) References External links Comics journalism by Chappatte Chappatte section of the New York Times website — TED Talk: Patrick Chappatte: The power of cartoons (TEDGlobal 2010) Swiss cartoonists Swiss illustrators Swiss journalists Swiss comics artists 1967 births Living people