His content was acerbic and made use of irony in hammering home his political points. In 1976 Auth's work was rewarded with a Pulitzer Prize. He would be a finalist for the Pulitzer two more times during his four decade career, finishing on that short list in 1983 and 2010. Auth also won the prestigious Herblock Prize in 2005, an award given by a foundation established by the late political cartoonist Herb Block. Auth retired from his position at the "Philadelphia Inquirer" in 2012, taking a buyout from the paper. Following his departure from the paper, Auth went to work for the online news producer NewsWorks.org, owned by Philadelphia news-talk radio station WHYY-FM, where he became the publication's first digital artist-in-residence. His other work includes the comic strip "Full Disclosure", which he drew from 1982 to 1983, and "Norb", which he produced in 1989. In addition to his ongoing daily newspaper work Auth published several collections of his political cartoons and illustrated eleven children's books. Tony Auth died of brain cancer on September 14, 2014. He was 72 years old. Auth received many awards over his career which included:  Auth was also awarded an honorary doctorate in 2012 by the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.