Remembering Herblock
Herblock
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23223-2001Oct8.html
Five Decades of Herblock
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/herblock/5decades.htm
"Herblock, Washington Post Cartoonist With Wit and Bite, Is Dead at 91"
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/09/obituaries/09HERB.html
In Memoriam: Herb Block [RealPlayer]
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/remember/july-dec01/herblock_10-8.html
Herblock's Special for Today
http://www.editorialcartoons.net/herblock1.html
"Herblock's History"
http://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/0010/herblock.html
Editorial Cartooning Pulitzers
http://www.pulitzer.org/cgi-bin/catquery.cgi?type=w&category=Editorial+Cartooning&FormsButton5=Retrieve
Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
http://pc99.detnews.com/aaec/
The Washington Post's celebrated political cartoonist Herbert L. Block, who signed his strips "Herblock," died on Monday at the age of 91. His spare-no-one, three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoons have covered such charged topics as McCarthyism (he coined the term), de-segregation of public schools, the Vietnam war, and more recently, welfare reform and the possibility of Clinton's impeachment. Hailed by many as the most gifted political cartoonist of all time, Herblock's presence in the newspapers and public consciousness will surely be missed.

The Washington Post presents an in-depth, online feature (first on this list) about Herblock, with a photo gallery, tributes and memorials from fans and colleagues, and oodles of his cartoons. For readers eager to get straight to the cartoons, check out the Post's Five Decades of Herb Block. Other thoughtful obituaries worth visiting online are a piece from the New York Times and a RealAudio recording and transcript from the NewsHour with Jim Lehrer. Another Herblock resource is Editorialcartoons.net's brief visual review of his 1958 book entitled Herblock's Special for Today, a grim reminder of the Cold War era. In late 2000, a retrospective of Herblock's work was held at the Library of Congress, whose Website contains an illustrated overview of the exhibit. A list of all Editorial Cartooning Pulitzer winners 1917-2001 is available from Pulitzer.org (previously reviewed in the April 12, 1996 Scout Report). To get a taste of editorial cartooning life, visit the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (AAEC) Website, featuring a history corner, member homepages, and news. In 1999, Herblock made the AAEC's suggested list (by R.C. Harvey) of the 20th century's top political cartoonists. [HCS]
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