Political Cartoons: Difference between revisions
Rescuing 0 sources and tagging 1 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)
m (Mass update links) |
(Rescuing 0 sources and tagging 1 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)) |
||
| (7 intermediate revisions by 4 users not shown) | |||
Line 1:
{{trope}}
[[File:20080702.gif|link=Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal|
{{quote|''Oh god, let's go, quick. Here comes an overweight cat with [[Wingding Eyes|dollar signs for eyes]] and a hat that says "Social Security" pouring a bucket that says "Alternative Minimum Tax" over a sad Statue of Liberty holding a "Democracy" umbrella.'' |[[Family Guy|Stewie Griffin to Brian]], in the ''[[American Newspapers|Washington Post]]'' political cartoon universe.}}
Line 8 ⟶ 9:
* James Gillray, late 18th and early 19th century cartoonist who is still cruder and more vicious than any of his mainstream successors.
* Thomas Rowlandson, Gillray's versatile contemporary.
* John Tenniel, who besides illustrating ''[[Alice in Wonderland
* Thomas Nast, who created the [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v518/Tannhaeuser/Nast_AssInALionSkin.jpg Republican elephant and popularized the Democratic donkey]{{Dead link}} (and created the modern image of Santa Claus)
* Louis Raemaekers
* Bill Mauldin, who is probably best remembered today for that cartoon of the WWII cavalry sergeant shooting a jeep with a broken axle. When [[John F Kennedy|JFK]] was assassinated, Mauldin portrayed the [[Abraham Lincoln|Lincoln Memorial statue]] grieving.
* Herbert Block ("Herblock")
* Theodor Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) made these circa WWII, before moving to kids' books.
Line 18 ⟶ 19:
Some modern political cartoonists, such as Mike Peters and Jeff MacNelly, have also drawn daily comic strips.
The now-defunct UK magazine ''[[Punch]]'' was famous for its well-drawn cartoons for a long period, a number of them turning up in school history books.
Most British newspapers still have political cartoonists on the strength. A typical example would be Steve Bell, who draws both editorial cartoons and a long-running daily political strip called ''[[If
----
{{examples}}
* [[Accentuate the Negative]]
* [[America Saves the Day]]
Line 31:
* [[Expo Label]]
* [[Fox News Liberal|Fox News Liberal, Daily Kos Conservative]]
* [[Fanon Discontinuity/Real Life|Historical Revisionism]]
* [[Motivation
* [[Patriotic Fervor]]
* [[Politically
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]
* [[Strawman Political]]
Line 43:
[[Category:Politics Tropes]]
[[Category:Photography and Illustration]]
[[Category:
[[Category:
| |||