Black in Northeast D.C. Toles endorsed Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton in the run-up for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. Pulitzer Prize Toles was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning in 1990. He was one of two finalists for the prize in 1985, and was one of three finalists for the prize in 1996. Controversy A cartoon published January 29, 2006 attracted the ire of the Pentagon in the form of a protest letter signed by the Joint Chiefs of Staff. With regard to some recent assessments of the United States Army, the cartoon depicted the Army as a quadruple amputee soldier with a doctor resembling Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, declaring the Army "battle hardened". The Joint Chiefs of Staff stated, "Using the likeness of a service member who has lost his arms and legs in war as the central theme of a cartoon [is] beyond tasteless." Toles was quoted responding, "I think it's a little bit unfair in their reading of the cartoon to imply that is what it's about." On February 7, 2006 Tom Tomorrow published a cartoon comparing the reactions to the Muhammad cartoons to the Tom Toles cartoons, alleging a double standard. Other appearances In March 2010, Toles appeared in the twelfth episode of The Real World: Washington, DC, in which cast member Andrew Woods, an aspiring cartoonist, met with him at The Washington Post to seek career advice. References External links () Tom Toles at The Washington Post NCS Awards Tom Toles comics site The editorial cartoon about the quadruple amputee Tom Toles Interview Lambiek Comiclopedia article. 1951 births Living people American editorial cartoonists American comics artists Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning winners The Buffalo News Pulitzer Prize winners Artists from Buffalo, New York University at Buffalo alumni