Editorial Cartoons Cartoons do more than break up the gray areas of a newspaper.
They add commentary and challenge values.
They are appropriate for all publications.Cartoonists have influenced our language, our politics and our conscience.
They have given a voice and body to a variety of ideas.What are the associations we have with Linus, Charlie Brown, Cathy and Dagwood? What views of life today are presented in "Dilbert" and "For Better or For Worse" that cannot be found in "Apartment 3-G" and "Rex Morgan, M.D."?
Rube Goldberg satirized 20th century technology in his most well-known cartoons. McNutt, Lala Palooza and Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts, inventor of many contraptions, were his creations.
In his comic books Maus, Art Spiegelman used cats and mice to comment on the Holocaust. He won a Pulitzer Prize.
The political satire of Garry Trudeau was so searing many papers moved "Doonesbury" to the commentary page.
Herb Block (Herblock) began his career as an editorial cartoonist in 1946 at The Washington Post. It was he who coined the term "McCarthyism." Fifty years later he continues to comment on politics and culture.
Cartoonists even changed the industry.
In 1940, Chicago Tribune's Joseph Medill Patterson is said to have told Dalia Messick that he would never hire a woman artist, so Messick redrew her series under the name "Dale Messick" and her new comic strip, Brenda Starr, was in print.A study of the editorial cartoons connected to this Web site will give some insight and inspiration to budding artists in how to use drawings to express an opinion.
For an educator the most compelling use of editorial cartoons is to interest students in
discussions of current events. Since the cartoons are constantly updating, students will see the themes change to reflect the issue of the day.
1.) What is the event or issue that inspired the cartoon?
2.) Are there any real people in the cartoon? Who is portrayed in the cartoon?
3.) Are there symbols in the cartoon? What are they and what do they represent?
4.) What is the cartoonist's opinion about the topic portrayed in the cartoon?
5.) Do you agree or disagree with the cartoonist's opinion? Why?
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An Elephant A Bear A Bull A Pig A Farm Animal A Dangerous Animal A Bird A Dove A Shark A Dog Prime Minister Chretien President George W. Bush A Former President Another Politician The Parliament Buildings The US Capitol Building A Monument Statue of Liberty Statue of Blind Lady Justice Another Famous Statue A Famous Painting A Symbol of a Company An Angel A Devil Johnny Canuck or a Beaver The Grim Reaper Father Time or Santa Claus Someone Who is Very Fat Someone who is Crying Someone who is Fighting The World Trade Towers An Athlete or Sports Symbol |
A Dollar Bill or Dollar Sign
Road Signs Cars and Trucks A Television Set A Computer A Baby An Old Man Picket Signs Reporters/Media Garbage Something from a Circus Something from a Game A Family, Kids or Teenagers A Soldier Someone in Danger Someone in Pain A Canon or Big Gun A Pistol or Rifle A Bomb An Airplane or Tank A Big Mess A Hammer An Axe, Sword or Knife A Skull and Crossbones A Gravestone A Prison Something from a Movie Something from a TV Show Something from a TV Commercial The Energizer Bunny A Member of the Royal Family A Terrorist |
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Find five in a row and you win ... BINGO!
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