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  Online NewsHour: Cartoons Provoke Anger Across Muslim World -- February 2, 2006
Political cartoons published in European newspapers depicting the Prophet Muhammad against Islamic law caused a controversy across the Muslim world.
At the start, it was probably a gratuitous effort on the part of the Danish paper; it is a conservative paper, contrary to the good traditions of editorial cartooning, where you need to have some current action, I mean, the images shown about the prophet.
And these types of cartoons and this type of discourse hinders our ability to integrate our communities in a way that is healthy for ourselves, and healthy for the society generally.
www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/religion/jan-june06/cartoons_02-02.html   (1663 words)

  
 Political Cartoon Books For Sale
Cartoons have the astonishing power to encapsulate a historical moment or popular mood, and this magnificent new survey of over 650 cartoons tells the story of modern Britain through hundreds of the finest examples.
Political cartoons often expose a nastier underside to contentious issues than is apparent on the surface of polite society.
Tribal Politics is Riddell's first collected book of political cartoons from his years at the Observer, covering issues from the Major government, through New Labour, to Yugoslavia, Northern Ireland and of course Clinton and Monica.
www.politicalcartoon.co.uk /html/books.html   (4124 words)

  
 Political cartoon
The excessive act of indiscretion was the cartoon that expressed an opinion about terrorism that degraded the religion of over a billion people.
After all, each newspaper did not have political cartoonists who independently decided to create this particular cartoon to express his or her opinion.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice claims, "Iran and Syria have gone out of their way to inflame sentiments and to use this to their own purposes, and the world ought to call them on it." Her comments were especially disapproving because she charged unproven motives to the demonstrators.
www.ethicalego.com /political_cartoon.htm   (782 words)

  
  Drawing the Line: political cartoons | Philadelphia's politics of humor
And there is no doubt that a serious political issue, when presented in the form of a telling cartoon, will be borne home to the minds of a far larger circle of average every-day men and women than it could ever be when discussed in the cold fl and white of the editorial column.
The power and efficacy of political cartoons has long been recognized; because of their readability and visual immediacy, they appeal to and are understood by a wide audience.
Cartoons were not part of the daily news until the late nineteenth century, when technological advances made reproduction faster, cheaper, and easier.
thegalleriesatmoore.org /publications/cartoons/politicalcartoons.shtml   (1461 words)

  
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Political cartoons had the ability to reach both the literate and the illiterate, and Nast's cartoons outraged the public against Tweed and the Tammany Ring.
Nast's cartoons greatly increased circulation in the periodicals in which they appeared, providing "reinforcement at both the surface and deeper mythic levels of pervasive prejudices and majority values; and (perhaps most telling), a mean intensity rooted in malevolence to produce an immediate impact" (Fischer, 23).
Cartoons are, by some, considered to "invoke not only truth but a higher artistic truth, above the ethical parameters of the printed word" (Fischer, 16), even if the facts are not consistent with their pictorial representation of the situation.
www2.truman.edu /parker/research/cartoons.html   (2162 words)

  
 Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Political cartoon   (Site not responding. Last check: )
An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message.
Most editorial cartoons use visual metaphors[?] and caricatures to explain complicated political situtations, and thus sum up a current event with a humorous picture.
Editorial cartoons can usually be found on the editorial page[?] of most newspapers, althought some, like Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury are found on the regular comics page.
www.kids.net.au /encyclopedia-wiki/po/Political_cartoon   (156 words)

  
 Political cartoon - Uncyclopedia, the content-free encyclopedia
Political cartoons are cartoons that express complex socio-politcal issues in a single panel, trading in-depth analysis for a crude drawing and a saying the cartoonist believes is pithy.
Political cartoons thrive on hyperbole and exaggeration, and, to a lesser degree, humor.
Political cartoons are a fun and easy way to criticize current events without having to resort to tedious activities such as research, reading, or comprehending said current events.
uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Political_cartoons   (1255 words)

  
 ArtsWork - Political Cartooning
Political cartoons are drawings representing current public figures or issues symbolically and often satirically.
Through political cartoons, artists use their skills to comment visually on the world around them.
In Chapter 1 you will look at a political cartoon in context to see how the cartoon was affected by the time and place in which it was created and how it may have affected the citizens of that period.
artswork.asu.edu /arts/students/cartoon   (657 words)

  
 The Cartoon (Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium, Library of Congress Exhibition)
Cartooning is an irreverent form of expression, and one particularly suited to scoffing at the high and the mighty.
We seldom do cartoons about public officials that say: "Congratulations on keeping your hands out of the public till," or "It was awfully nice of you to tell the truth yesterday." Public officials are supposed to keep their hands out of the till and to tell the truth.
For people who think political cartoons are inclined to be negative, a good explanation is in the story of the school teacher who asked the children in her class to give examples of their kindness to birds and animals.
www.loc.gov /rr/print/swann/herblock/cartoon.html   (2961 words)

  
 A Semiotic Analysis of Political Cartoons
A cartoon is ``a drawing, representational or symbolic, that makes a satirical, witty, or humorous point.'' [5] This work focuses attention on a particular kind of cartoon, the political cartoon.
The origins of the modern political cartoon can be traced to the 16th century, with drawings used in the theological debates of the Reformation.
Political cartoon's particular flavor of humor, satire, was understood in terms of the emergent meaning in blended spaces.
www.cs.ucsd.edu /users/goguen/courses/271sp03/spapers/cartoons/Cartoons.htm   (2468 words)

  
 ARTSEDGE: Drawing Political Cartoons
Cartoons of the past leave records of their times that reveal how people lived, what they thought, how they dressed and acted, what their amusements and prejudices were, and what the issues of the day were." (Ruff and Nelson, p.
Tell students that they will be creating a political cartoon based on a current event, providing them with their own opportunity to leave a record of their time.
Explain to the students that political cartoons are prejudiced and biased because they represent the artist's point of view, as does an editorial.
artsedge.kennedy-center.org /content/2100   (719 words)

  
 Political cartoon
The snake figure was to have a long history as an American political cartoon, according to Karen S. Cook, a researcher at the University of Kansas.
In the newspaper article that accompanied the snake cartoon, Franklin called upon the colonies, a narrow band of settlements along the Atlantic coast, to unite against the French and Indian threat from the interior.
Political cartoons published in Europe in the 18th century often depicted mutilation, decapitation and blood.
www.news.ku.edu /1997/97N/AprNews/Apr17/cartoon.html   (703 words)

  
 Political Cartoons in the Classroom   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Many students are aware of the one-frame cartoons that appear in the newspaper but they generally ignore the political cartoons and focus on the comic strips.
In this activity, students are charged with the challenge of critical examination of one political cartoon and are expected to take the analysis of political cartoons to a higher level.
If they happen upon a cartoon that is offensive to them or that is out of their "comfort zone” they are expected to simply move on to another cartoon.
ali.apple.com /ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000810/The_Lesson.html   (1506 words)

  
 Political Cartoons - Social Studies Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Teaching Idea
The two cartoons will be used to introduce the lesson on political cartoons and will be used as an opening for me to discuss tolerance and understanding and how I expect both during our discussion.
I have also chunked information by separating political cartoons and asking a limited number of questions for each rather than simply viewing all six cartoons at once and then asking all of the questions at once.
Next, each student must write a reflection about this cartoon in which he or she identifies the icons present in the cartoon and analyzes the message the artist is sending.
www.lessonplanspage.com /SSCIPoliticalCartoons912.htm   (1770 words)

  
 Political Cartoon Quest
Political Cartoons are often used to show opinions about public issues and officials.
If you want to really understand the cartoon you need to know more about what kinds of things cartoonists put into their pictures, some idea of the historical events of the time, and, of course, your best tool, your brain.
Remember, a political cartoon is used to communicate about a public issue or official.
academics.uww.edu /cni/webquest/HallOfFame/political/index.html   (251 words)

  
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 ABC News: Political Cartoon About Iraq War Sparks Pentagon Outrage
The cartoon, by Washington Post editorial cartoonist Tom Toles, uses a disabled soldier as a metaphor for a damaged Army.
Toles said he drew the cartoon after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld seemed to dismiss a Pentagon-sponsored report that said that the war in Iraq had stretched the Army so thin it was close to breaking.
The cartoon depicts Rumsfeld as a doctor surveying a quadruple amputee, who represents the U.S. Army.
abcnews.go.com /WNT/story?id=1573559   (596 words)

  
 Political Cartoon Analysis, Landmark Supreme Court Cases
We've all heard the expression "A picture is worth a thousand words." This is especially true of political cartoons, which can make a powerful statement but can, at the same time, be complicated to understand.
Once students master this process, cartoons will always be accessible to them.
This exercise was created using the political cartoon analysis worksheet from the National Archives and Records Administration.
www.landmarkcases.org /cartoon.html   (146 words)

  
 The Political Cartoon Society
Our aim is to promote the 'political' cartoon by way of amusing, informing and educating.
The Political Cartoon Society will mine this rich vein of visual history both through our quarterly newsletter as well as organising exhibitions of original cartoon art based on political and historical themes.
Please enrol me as a member of the Political Cartoon Society for one year and send me the exclusive quarterly newsletter, priority invitations to special events and other membership benefits.
www.politicalcartoon.co.uk   (335 words)

  
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A note about the cartoons: These cartoons are from a scrapbook album I own of political cartoons collected between about 1900 to 1948.
The cartoons were clipped from a variety of American and European newspapers and magazines.
This cartoon refers to the practice taken up by the British of flying a neutral flag (especially American) when in the declared war zone.
rutlandhs.k12.vt.us /jpeterso/uboatcar.htm   (788 words)

  
 The British Cartoon Archive
The British Cartoon Archive was established in 1973 at the University of Kent, Canterbury, United Kingdom, to collect and preserve British cartoons of social and political comment, and make them freely available for study.
The British Cartoon Archive has a library, archive, gallery, and is a registered museum dedicated to the history of British cartooning over the last two hundred years.
The British Cartoon Archive maintains contact with the owners of copyright in all its collections, and is happy to put researchers in touch with them.
library.kent.ac.uk /cartoons   (390 words)

  
 Thomas Nast Political Cartoon - Picture - MSN Encarta
Thomas Nast Political Cartoon - Picture - MSN Encarta
From 1858 to 1887 American political cartoonist Thomas Nast drew cartoons for Harper’s magazine, one of the early illustrated periodicals in the United States.
Nast’s barbed satires were extremely influential and helped to discredit several corrupt politicians and organizations.
encarta.msn.com /media_461514571/Thomas_Nast_Political_Cartoon.html   (76 words)

  
 The power of the political cartoon - The Boston Globe
One could thunder away in the editorials, but the power of the political cartoon invariably overshadowed whatever the paper's position might be.
Often, the cartoon got more reaction from irony-challenged readers who would be outraged about whatever, or whomever, we had poked political fun at that day.
So it really didn't surprise me that a series of political cartoons published by a Danish newspaper back in September would cause ire in the Islamic world, where it is not done to show the image of Mohammed, even in a good light.
www.boston.com /news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2006/02/07/the_power_of_the_political_cartoon   (701 words)

  
 Extra- Analyzing Political Cartoons
The cartoon implies that Bush doesn’t know how a president is elected, which is ironic, since he’s running for president; and it suggests that Bush has a “frat boy” mentality, and perhaps refers to his past drinking problem.
The cartoon is funny because of the exaggerated physical features, the implications about Bush and the fact that since we know the context, we are insiders laughing at the candidates.
This cartoon puts a person in an unexpected situation, while the previous cartoon reveals the contradiction between regulating violent movie advertisements aimed at children, but not regulating the violent content of videogames.
www.newsweekeducation.com /extras/policartoons.php   (824 words)

  
 Political Cartoons and Cartoonists   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The resources presented here trace the history of political cartooning from the beginning of the nineteenth century and document its transformation during the watershed period at the end of the century when political cartoons emerged as one of the most popular and influential features of the daily press.
Collections of political cartoons on topics ranging from Civil War cartoons of Abraham Lincoln through the Spanish-American War to cartoons on woman's suffrage, the introduction of an income tax, and U.S. involvement in world affairs during the early 20th century.
Books and articles exploring the history of political cartoons and caricature from early British portrayals of Napoleon through the rise of the daily cartoon in the American press in the late 1890s to their use mobilizing support for World War I. Citation: Zwick, Jim, ed.
www.boondocksnet.com /gallery/pc_intro.html   (515 words)

  
 Political Cartoons | Lesson
Suggested activities include having students create their own cartoons; a comparison of how editorial cartoons from different countries address the same issue; a current events timeline composed of editorial cartoons collected throughout the school year; and a visit to a cartoonist’s studio.
Have students pick a theme and draw a political cartoon, using the questions in Activity 1 as a guideline.
Collect political cartoons for the entire school year beginning with day one and place them on the walls as a time line chart.
www.media-awareness.ca /english/resources/educational/lessons/secondary/popular_culture/political_cartoons.cfm   (685 words)

  
 The Learning Page - Community Center - Political Cartoons   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The political cartoon is not a news story and not an oil portrait.
Cartoon Cornucopia: The J. Arthur Wood Collection - (Prints and Photographs) Enjoy a sampling from this recent Library of Congress acquisition of original cartoon art.
Herblock’s History: Political Cartoons From the Crash to the Millenium - (Exhibition) The Presidents section of this exhibition features caricatures of American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton.
www.bonus.com /contour/Northern_Great_Plains/http@@/lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/ndlpedu/community/cc_pcartoon.php   (1451 words)

  
 ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons
Explain to students that when they are finished, they will be using the cartoon analysis sheet to create a two- to three-minute presentation to share their findings with the class.
As part of the presentation, students will need to present their political cartoon, identify the persuasive techniques used by the cartoonist, explain the author's message or point of view, and share whether they agree or disagree with this message.
The final class presentation in which students demonstrate an ability to identify the artistic techniques used in political cartoons, to interpret an author's message, and to support their interpretation with specific details from the cartoon.
www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=794   (1952 words)

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