CSotD: Nov III – A New Beginning (you wish)
Tom Toles (Ret.) has left behind a farewell to his readers after 18 years at the Washington Post, which might…
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CSotD: Straw polling
Kal Kallaugher captures the current situation, in which Dear Leader feigns bravery by boldly confronting a strawman to the applause…
CSotD: The Jokes, they write themselves
Ivanka Trump is out to destroy political cartoonists, though Pat Bagley is willing to rise to the job of bailing…
CSotD: Slags, gags and lags
I got a laugh out of this Ed Stein cartoon last night. It’s from 1994. I’d given up on contemporary…
CSotD: Sittin’ On the Dock of the Disarray
When I was a lad of 16, I trained to earn the Red Cross’s Junior Life Saver designation. It required…
CSotD: Mister, we could use some men like Herblock again
Matt Davies was, for a second time, awarded the Herblock Prize, and much as I dislike awards in general, I…
CSotD: Rich Man, Poor Man, Beggar Man, Thief
In Candorville, Darrin Bell has been letting his alter ego, Lemont Brown, ponder the Pulitzer. It’s funny stuff, in part…
CSotD: Wall-y World
Jimmy Margulies produces the most concise picture of what we’re facing: Trump’s wall has very little to do with border…
CSotD: Everything Old Is New Again
Happy New Year, 1915, from this little feller. Since New Year’s cartoons are interchangeable, I thought instead I’d dip into…
CSotD: The Demands of Mourning
Paul Fell notes the futility of “Moments of Silence” followed by “Months of Inaction,” which puts his piece head-and-shoulders above…
Herblock Prize Ceremony Tonight
The Boston Globe and The Nib cartoonist Ward Sutton will be honored by the Herb Block Foundation tonight as the 2018…
Video: 1993 Herblock interview on C-SPAN2 on his work and career
Great interview from 1993 with the legendary Herbert Block (Herblock) regarding his career and his work.
Kevin Kallaugher awarded Herblock Prize for 2015
The Herblock Foundation has announced that this year’s winner of the Herblock Prize is Baltimore Sun and The Economist editorial…
Video interview: Herblock on history, cartoons, civil rights, McCarthyism, Nixon
Someone has posted an hour interview with HERBLOCK about his book “Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life”. Discussed: history, cartoons, civil rights,…