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	POLITICAL CARTOONS
		The modern political cartoon was born as artists and journalists found their freedoms expanding in the 17th and 18th centuries.
		Political cartoons are, in essence, manifestos for the common man. A great problem in the early democratic governments was to include all eligible parties in the voting process, informing them of the issues and hearing expressions of their opinions.
		Political cartoons, however, informed the lower class citizens of current issues, inspired them to take matters into their own hands, and to cast their votes despite the obstacles in the way.
	www.richeast.org /htwm/GRAPH/POLITICAL.HTML (1842 words)

	Political Cartoons (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Political cartoons tell the history of the nineteenth century, from Napoleon Bonaparte and Waterloo through the Civil War to the Spanish-American and South African wars at the century's end.
		Political cartoons and a government poster from the campaign for assimilation and control of recent immigrants that began in 1915 as the First World War raged in Europe.
		Political cartoons published in the United States from the start of the war in the summer of 1914 through 1918 show the evolution of cartoonists' perspectives from protesting the horrors of war to mobilizing support for it.
	www.boondocksnet.com /gallery/political_cartoons.html (935 words)

	Editorial cartoon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration or comic strip containing a political or social message, that usually relates to current events or personalities.
		Although most western editorial cartoonists by necessity occupy the middle political ground, this is by no means true of all cartoonists and there is a spectrum of political commentary in cartoons which runs from the extreme right through the centre to the extreme left.
		Political cartoons were common during World war I and World war II, mainly as propaganda for various countries' war efforts.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Political_cartoon (737 words)

	Political cartoon - Uncyclopedia
		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 typically feature one or more grossly deformed caricatures of well-known politicians or public figures engaged in a static, easy-to-draw situation that distracts the reader very little from the insightful politcal commentary.
		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_cartoon (1237 words)

	Political Cartoons and Cartoonists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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 (530 words)

	Political Cartoonists Meet in Iowa
		Some cartoonists say Bush, the son of a former president, would be easier to caricature than Vice President Al Gore, the Democratic candidate.
		Though their comments are lighthearted, some of the nation's leading editorial cartoonists are gathering at the University of Iowa for a symposium, called "Drawing the Line: Political Cartooning Under Pressure," which ends today.
		Political cartoonists say their goal each day is to promote thought, reaction and debate.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-srv/aponline/19991016/aponline013016_000.htm (592 words)

	Drawing the Line: political cartoons \| Philadelphia's politics of humor (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		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.
		As always, the cartoonist combines artistic skill—the ability to render with equal clarity the famous character and the everyman, a particular event and the general human condition or frame of mind—and complete familiarity with contemporary political, social, and cultural issues (which have, in our ever-closer world, become more and more inclusive).
	thegalleriesatmoore.org /publications/cartoons/politicalcartoons.shtml (1461 words)

	Cartoons: FDR and the Supreme Court
		The cast of characters in the Court Packing fiasco—and newspaper cartoonists were inclined to consider it a fiasco of the first magnitude—proved a wonderful foil for political cartoonists on either side of the issue.
		Political humor is best when it punctures the pretensions of the powerful, and in that season there were plenty of egos in need of deflating.
		In the editorial cartoonists' eyes, the struggle between the three branches of government took on the dimensions of a refereed sporting event.
	newdeal.feri.org /court/toons.htm (501 words)

	The Political Cartoon Society - Cartoon History
		Staff cartoonists, as they are known, will produce four or five roughs for their editors to select from.
		The reflex action of an idealistic 23-year-old cartoonist, solidly trained in his teens to be an unbiased newspaper reporter, was to tread gently and be as even-handed as possible.
		At last year’s Political Cartoon of the Year Award, Dave Brown’s contentious winning cartoon from the Independent of Ariel Sharon eating a Palestinian baby, was greeted by hysterical claims that he had lifted the imagery for this cartoon straight from the Nazi organ Der Sturmer.
	www.politicalcartoon.co.uk /html/history/twice_promised_land.html (2658 words)

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		In an informal survey of editorials on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict appearing in 33 of the nation's largest circulation newspapers at the height of the conflict, the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) found that an overwhelming majority of the papers supported Israel's response to Hezbollah's unprovoked attacks and clearly labeled Hezbollah a terrorist organization.
		At the same time, U.S. political cartoonists depicted Hezbollah -- and particularly Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah -- as unrepentant terrorists who bore full responsibility for the destruction of Lebanese cities and bloodshed that came about as a result of Hezbollah's attack and Israel's reprisals.
		"Newspapers and political cartoonists understood the high stakes involved for Israel, and defended the Israeli response to Hezbollah's unprovoked attacks as justifiable," said Abraham H. Foxman, ADL National Director.
	www.adl.org /PresRele/IslME_62/4883_62.htm (442 words)

	FOXNews.com - Political Cartoons Draw on Controversy - Celebrity Gossip \| Entertainment News \| Arts And Entertainment
		Still, political cartoonists say their role of courting controversy is still a vital part of American politics.
		But cartoonists, for all their political zeal, get along surprisingly well in person even when they don’t agree on who should be running the country, according to Asay.
		From a political cartoonist standpoint, I'm a pig in slop.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,117693,00.html (1079 words)

	Political Cartoons in the Classroom
		I chose to introduce political cartoons using contemporary issues and icons so that the students would be working in familiar territory.
		Understanding the icons and symbols used in political cartoons will be key in unlocking the meaning of the cartoons for students.
		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.
	ali.apple.com /ali_sites/deli/exhibits/1000810/The_Lesson.html (1506 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Analyzing the Stylistic Choices of Political Cartoonists
		Alternately, use the Analyzing a Political Cartoon: "Settin' on a Rail" to explore an historical political cartoon with the class.
		To organize students’ analysis, pass out the Political Cartoon Analysis Sheet, and have groups take notes on the different characteristics of the cartoon(s) they are analyzing.
		For an in-depth study of a particular political cartoon and its historical and geographical context, complete the ReadWriteThink lesson plan Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons or the ArtsEdge lesson plan Drawing Political Cartoons.
	www.readwritethink.org /lessons/lesson_view.asp?id=923 (2316 words)

	AP Wire \| 10/16/2006 \| Political cartoonists talk shop at U.N. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		UNITED NATIONS - Political cartoonists discussed the power of their pens and brushes at the United Nations on Monday and the pressures they face - highlighted by the Muslim outrage over a caricature of the Prophet Muhammad in a Danish newspaper.
		More than 15 cartoonists from Denmark, the Middle East, the United States, Africa and other countries, drew a fine line between freedom of expression and respecting religious beliefs during a program on their changing profession entitled "Cartooning for Peace: The responsibility of political cartoonists?"
		Many of the cartoonists said their work must not be created primarily to incite tensions that could result in violence, while others acknowledged they cannot always determine when they will cross the line.
	www.kansascity.com /mld/kansascity/news/politics/15775362.htm (469 words)

	Attitude: The New Subversive Political Cartoonists \| The Onion - America's Finest News Source
		A good, solid, well-rounded political cartoonist needs three things: a sense of humor, a set of convictions, and a modicum of artistic talent.
		The topics covered include the role of anger in political cartoons, the similarities and differences between America's two chief political parties, the dearth of female and minority cartoonists, and whether Rall should be allowed to forbid his wife to bring a small tree into their small apartment.
		For the most part, the cartoons are intricate, challenging, well-conceived, unique, and politically charged, and their creators come across as similarly thoughtful and distinctive.
	www.theonion.com /content/node/20647 (367 words)

	The Top 13 Editorial and Political Cartoonists of the 20th Century (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The numbering puts the cartoonists in chronological (that is, historical) order; it does not indicate their relative standing or merit.
		He became thereby one of the first editorial cartoonists to be nationally distributed - and famous from coast to coast - but he did it from the middle of Iowa.
		But they were great cartoonists because they had great hearts, and they lived and drew by their beliefs.
	www.planetcartoonist.com /editorial/state_top13editorial.shtml (2655 words)

	Political Cartoonists, the Endangered Species \| Recount: A Magazine of Contemporary Politics
		Today’s cartoonists, facing both a hyper-saturated media environment and increasing corporate consolidation in the newspaper business, are having a harder time than ever convincing publishers they are worth a salary and benefits.
		The remaining 85 staffed editorial cartoonists are still free to express their opinions through their work, and often those opinions challenge the political status quo or conventional wisdom in thought-provoking ways.
		Most cartoonists, even those on staff at a daily newspaper, are affiliated with a syndicate that peddles their work to assorted publications throughout the country.
	journalism.nyu.edu /pubzone/recount/article/122 (3628 words)

	Battle lines: political cartoonists take on Iraq Current Events - Find Articles
		Since the United States invaded Iraq in March 2003, political cartoonists have been drawing provocative commentary on every aspect of the conflict.
		Current Events talked to five of the country's top political cartoonists about cartoons they drew in response to the war in Iraq.
		Of the dozens of political cartoonists in the United States, only a few are female.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0EPF/is_4_105/ai_n15635380 (752 words)

	US Cartoonists Under Pressure to Follow the Patriotic Line
		Nine months after the attacks of 11 September, leading American political cartoonists say they are under intense pressure to conform to a patriotic stereotype and not criticize the actions of Mr Bush and his "war on terror".
		Now cartoonists, often the most biting political commentators of all, say they are feeling the same pressures.
		Many cartoonists say that for the first few days after the attacks, their natural reaction was to produce work that expressed little more than shock, outrage and anger.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines02/0623-02.htm (860 words)

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		In the aftermath of Hezbollah's kidnapping of Israeli soldiers on July 12 and its shelling of Israeli towns and cities, political cartoonists and U.S. newspapers overwhelmingly supported Israel's right to defend itself against Hezbollah's acts of aggression.
		In an informal survey of editorials on the Israel-Hezbollah conflict appearing in 33 of the nation's largest circulation daily newspapers at the height of the conflict, ADL found that an overwhelmingly majority of the papers supported Israel's response to Hezbollah's unprovoked attacks and clearly labeled Hezbollah as a terrorist organization.
		That's classic tactics in asymmetrical warfare in which discrediting your enemy politically is a substitute for defeating him militarily.
	www.adl.org /main_Israel/cartoonists_newspapers_support_israel.htm (795 words)

	Newswise
		Olaniyan studies political cartoons from across Africa and is developing an encyclopedic Web site to serve as a comparative resource of current and historic cartoons.
		Cartoonists are extremely popular, and many people in Africa trust them to reveal the unstated underside of political actions, policies and events.
		Cartoonists hold the status of teachers, teaching the people that most important ingredient of civil disobedience: irony," he says.
	www.newswise.com /articles/view/516816 (953 words)

	CNN.com - The funny side of politics - Jul 31, 2004
		Among the 83 cartoons are drawings from 19 cartoonists who have won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning, including all the Pulitzer Prize winners from the past 10 years.
		Wasserman is among a dwindling number of on-staff political cartoonists for newspapers.
		The American Association of Editorial Cartoonists doesn't have an exact figure for the number of full-time editorial cartoonists on staff today, but many in the industry said they believe the numbers have dropped to about 80.
	www.cnn.com /2004/ALLPOLITICS/07/29/political.cartoons/index.html (882 words)

	ReadWriteThink: Lesson Plan: Analyzing the Purpose and Meaning of Political Cartoons
		Visit The Association of American Editorial Cartoonists — Political Cartoons to find current samples of political cartoons that you may decide to use as part of the lesson.
		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 (1954 words)

	Independent Lens . THE POLITICAL DR. SEUSS . Learn More \| PBS
		Read about how political cartoons and caricatures provided commentary on events ranging from the War of 1812 to the 1864 presidential election.
		Cartoonist Herb Block writes about his line of work and showcases samples from the 1930s to today.
		Regarded as one of America’s seminal political cartoonists, Thomas Nast was the most famous cartoonist of the late nineteenth century.
	www.pbs.org /independentlens/politicaldrseuss/more.html (756 words)

	Cartooning Terror
		Political cartooning has been on a steady decline generally, but that decline has become a sheer slope since September 11.
		Such disregard for political cartooning, contends Joel Pett, editorial cartoonist for the Lexington Herald-Leader, will be the demise of a form of communication unique in its capacity to instantly inspire critical thought.
		Political cartoonists are dependent on the mainstream media for their livelihood, but the papers that previously relished a provocative cartoon no longer want to see a satirical critique of a government the people are desperate to rally around.
	www.thenation.com /doc/20020715/sachs20020703 (632 words)

	CBS News \| Political Cartoonists Gather Jerusalem
		Artistic director Michel Kichka, a veteran Israeli cartoonist, said cartooning is solitary work and the conference was an open platform for professionals to exchange ideas.
		Baha Boukhari, a Palestinian cartoonist from the West Bank, flashed slides of his art showing Israel's separation barrier crushing a dove or cutting through a soccer field to depict how the wall has disrupted the peace process and the lives of West Bank residents.
		The conference also featured presentations from American cartoonists Jeff Danziger, who spoke on American political humor, and Pulitzer Prize winner Patrick Oliphant, who opened the conference with a discussion of life as an editorial cartoonist.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2005/11/08/ap/world/mainD8DOG8P81.shtml (573 words)

	The Harvard Crimson :: News :: Political Cartoonists Attack Newt
		Newt Gingrich took a beating in absentia at the Institute of Politics last night as a panel of political cartoonists likened him to everything from a club-wielding giraffe hunter to fitness guru Susan Powter.
		Asked whether he saw his role as that of educator, political watchdog or entertainer, Marlette quipped: "As I see it there are 50 million people in this country that work for the government.
		Asked from where the inspiration for their work comes, panelists generally agreed that it takes a particular mind set to be a political cartoonist.
	www.thecrimson.com /article.aspx?ref=497110 (493 words)

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