Prize for Caricature of the Year 2017 goes to "#MeToo" by Felix Schaad
Felix Schaad received the Nebelspalter Audience Award for Cartoon of the Year for his piece «#MeToo,» which appeared in the *Tages-Anzeiger* on January 12, 2017.
More than 200 caricatures by 46 Swiss press cartoonists were on display for visitors to choose from at the "Gezeichnet 2017" annual review exhibition at the Museum für Kommunikation in Berne. In second place, the visitors voted for the article on Polo Hofer's death news by cartoonist Silvan Wegmann, published on July 26 in the Aargauer Zeitung.
Third place goes to another work by Felix Schaad: "Er ist wieder da" was first shown on September 26 at the Tages-Anzeiger printed.
The winner received 4.3 percent of the votes cast, followed by 3.5 percent for the runner-up and 3.0 percent for third place.
Past award winners include Patrick Chappatte, Silvan Wegmann (Swen) and Marco Ratschiller (Karma).
The exhibition "Gezeichnet" was launched in 2008 and hosted this edition from December 15, 2017 to February 12, 2018 at the Museum für Kommunikation Bern. The 2017 edition of "Gezeichnet" received a large, national media response and set a new audience record with more than 10,000 visitors. "The rush of visitors for this wonderfully entertaining exhibition was once again significantly greater in the anniversary year than before," says a delighted Nico Gurtner from the Museum of Communication: "This naturally whets our appetite for next year!"
The 11th edition of "Drawn" will take place again in December 2018 at the Museum of Communication.
