Political cartoonists took up their pens to offend the powerful and defend the downtrodden as soon as the first publishers began hand-cranking newspapers through their printing presses in the 18th century. Benjamin Franklin created his own political art to fire up the American Revolution. So did Paul Revere. Now, two-and-a-half centuries later, with thousands of […]
On September 13, 2022, as part of the Lee Enterprises newspaper group, the Daily Journal of Park Hill, Missouri, on orders from headquarters, switched out their long running comics for the new standard Lee half-page: Two months ago Lee sold The Daily Journal to Better Newspapers, Inc. From Editor & Publisher: Greg Hoskins’ Better Newspapers […]
The cartoons of Pulitzer Prize winning Clifford K. Berryman are featured in three free e-books issued by The National Archives (in one of them Clifford shares the spotlight with his Pulitzer Prize-winning son Jim Berryman). Each book features a high resolution cartoon per page with a sentence giving the date and the event depicted. Also […]
Harry Burton offers one of a surprisingly few cartoon takes on Donald Trump’s mugshot, but I think he gets it right: What ought to be a moment of at least reflection if not humiliation turns into another promotional opportunity. The mugshot itself has been all over the Intertubes, mostly with people thinking it will speak […]