Their origins can be traced back to ancient civilizations, but their contemporary form began to take shape during the 18th century. Today, political cartoons remain a critical tool for satire ...

Halloran gets it right: “Personal, familial, illustrative, and emotional, Nast’s drawings of Santa Claus occupy a cultural space separate from his political cartoons. They also reveal a great ...

Funny, provocative and always controversial, original political satirical cartoons date back to the 1700s. Now, the time-honored political tradition is making a comeback on Sunday mornings on CNN ...

“Cartoons as Political Speech in Colonial and Contemporary America” features political cartooning from 1764 to today, depicting how satirical drawings defined our American identity and became a tool ...

Richard West has written extensively about political cartooning ... After more than a century, many of the cartoons are dated and confusing to the contemporary reader, but what remains striking ...

And the teacher looked at it, and he said, oh, yes, that's a political cartoon. You know, people — there's jobs like that. Twenty-five years later, his Pulitzer is the first for an animated ...

Cartoons Saturday's political cartoons feature Medicare and Medicaid cuts, James Comey's social media post, and Trump's big beautiful bill. 5 cartoons about the Russia-Ukraine peace talks Cartoons ...

Library of Congress Popular & Applied Graphic Art Curator Sara Duke discussed the historical and contemporary symbolism of the White House in political cartoons. This was part of a day-long ...

Fiona Deans Halloran, author of Thomas Nast: The Father of Modern Political Cartoons, talked about the cartoonist best known for his… read more Fiona Deans Halloran, author of Thomas Nast ...

Get ready for an epic animation showdown! We're diving deep into the world of cartoons, comparing classic hand-drawn animations with modern digital techniques. From stop-motion to 3D, we'll break ...

In 1799, Napoleon Bonaparte, having seized power in France, appealed to George III for an end to the eight years of war that had followed the French Revolution. Britain’s foreign secretary, Lord ...

The Father of Modern Political Cartoons. This was as true in the United States as it was in England, even with the Civil War raging. Children received homemade gifts due to the scarcity of ...