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Editorial cartoon
Editorial cartoon
An editorial cartoon of Andrew Johnson and Abraham Lincoln, 1865, entitled "The Rail Splitter At Work Repairing the Union." The caption reads (Johnson): Take it quietly Uncle Abe and I will draw it closer than ever. (Lincoln): A few more stitches Andy and the good old Union will be mended. 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.
Cartoon criticising (then) President Putin’s media policies portrayals of people and events. In modern political cartooning two styles have begun to emerge. The traditional style, involving visual metaphors, symbols like Uncle Sam, the Democratic donkey and Republican elephant, and labels is described as the ’nast-y’ style (named after Thomas Nast), and the more text heavy ’altie’ style that tells a linear story, usually in comic strip format. Although their style, technique or viewpoints may differ, editorial cartoonists draw attention to important social and political issues.
Modern political cartoons
Editorial cartoons can usually be found on the editorial page of most newspapers, although a few, like Garry Trudeau’s Doonesbury are sometimes found on the regular comics page. A good collection of modern editorial cartoons can be found in each issue of magazines like the Humor Times and Funny Times. Recently, many radical or minority issue editorial cartoonists who would previously have been obscure have found large audiences on the Internet cartoons can be very diverse, but there is a certain established style among most of them. Most use visual metaphors and caricatures to explain complicated political situations, and thus sum up a current event with a humorous or emotional picture. Often, their content includes stereotypical, biased and/or demonizing
See also
• • • • • • • Editorial cartoonist Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning List of editorial cartoonists Animated political cartoons Attitude: The New Subversive Cartoonists Center for the Study of Political Graphics Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy • Graphics • Join, or Die
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Editorial cartoon
• Using editorial cartoons in the classroom Sources, analysis, interpretation (mostly English with some German) • Gettysburg College Civil War Era Digital Collection Contains over 300 Civil War Era political cartoons • American Social History Online
External links
• American Association of Editorial Cartoonists Political cartoons by the members of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists • About.com: Political Cartoons Comprehensive guide to political editorial cartoons on the Web
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