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Lambda Legal Announces Life Without Fair Courts Cartoon Contest Winners
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"The artists turned complex ideas into compelling graphic art in ways that make it easy to understand the impact of the court system on our everyday lives."
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(New York, August 14, 2007) — Today Lambda Legal announces the top three winners in the Life Without Fair Courts cartoon contest.
First Place: Greg Fox, "4 Reasons for Gays to Be Grateful."
Second Place: Ted Rall, "Explaining the Supreme Court."
Third Place: Matt Bors, "Future Courtroom Landmarks."
"The goal of our Courting Justice project, which designed and carried out the Life Without Fair Courts cartoon contest, is to help the community better understand what our lives and the lives of all Americans would be like without a fair and impartial judicial system," said Hector Vargas, Deputy Director of Education and Public Affairs at Lambda Legal. "The artists turned complex ideas into compelling graphic art in ways that make it easy to understand the impact of the court system on our everyday lives."
The Life Without Fair Courts cartoon contest was launched this spring together with Prism Comics and with The Advocate as exclusive media sponsor.There were over 25 entries, including two from Poland. The finalists were chosen by a panel of judges including artist Mikhaela Reid who was commissioned by Lambda Legal to draw the Life Without Fair Courts cartoon series, artist Joan Hilty with DC Comics, artist Phil Jimenez and Sean Kennedy, News Editor at The Advocate. Nearly 2000 people voted to select the winners.
"Being a cartoonist, working at home I hear a lot of talk radio. You might say my entry in this contest was a response to all of that antigay rhetoric I've been subjected to on the airwaves," said contest winner, Greg Fox, best known for his current comic strip Kyle's Bed & Breakfast.
To see all of the contest winners go to www.lambdalegal.org/courtingjustice.
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Lisa Hardaway 212-809-8585 ext. 266; Cell: 402-369-2104; email:lhardaway@lambdalega.org
Lambda Legal is a national organization committed to achieving full recognition of the civil rights of lesbians, gay men, bisexuals, transgender people and those with HIV through impact litigation, education and public policy work.
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