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Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection at the Richard B. Russell Library

Dating back to the days of Thomas Nast, editorial cartoonists have often been the individuals who have most accurately depicted (or parodied) the political climate and culture of the United States. This recent online collection from the Digital Library of Georgia pays tribute to one of their own, Clifford "Baldy" Baldowski, who spent most of his career drawing editorial cartoons for the Atlanta...

https://www.loc.gov/item/2003533086/
Herbert L. Block Collection

Herb Block (also known as "Herblock") was one of the most influential political commentators and editorial cartoonists in American history. His work began to appear in 1929, and he continued creating social commentary for 72 years. The Library of Congress website digitized some of the 14,000 images that the Herb Block Foundation donated in 2002. Visitors interested in seeing the wide range of...

http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/hlb/
Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium

Caricaturing twelve American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton, editorial cartoonist Herbert Block has chronicled the nation's political history from the stock market crash in 1929 through the new millennium. Some of his many achievements include three Pulitzer Prizes for editorial cartooning (1942, 1954, and 1979) and a fourth with Washington colleagues for public service during the...

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/herblock/
Humor's Edge: Cartoons by Ann Telnaes

Nearly as old as news itself is the political cartoon. It's the page readers flip to for a more succinct, and even more accurate, depiction of the dramas and news of the day. Of all of the cartoonists out there, one of the most talented and influential is Ann Telnaes. Winner of the 2001 Pulitzer Prize (the second woman in history to do so for Political Cartooning), Telnaes recently donated 81...

https://www.loc.gov/exhibits/telnaes/