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Cartoons, Political
 Websites presented in alphabetical order America in Caricature, 1765-1865 
 This online exhibition presents a selection of American political cartoons from the Lilly Library, Indiana University, Bloomington. "The caricatures depict times of turbulence in American history and range in date from the Revolutionary War to the War of 1812 and to the presidential elections of 1860 and 1864 which brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House." Includes an introductory essay and images of over two dozen cartoons. http://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/cartoon/cartoons.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Politics, United States History, Wars & Conflicts Last updated Jan 26, 2004 American Political Prints, 1766-1876
A collection of over 750 political prints originally published in Harper’s Weekly. Site presents an essay on the history of political printmaking in the United States. Browsable and searchable. From the Library of Congress. http://loc.harpweek.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Politics by Place Last updated Jul 7, 2006 Art to the People
A collection of political prints and illustrations from the 1880s through the 1930s, featuring brief profiles and works of Walter Crane (Great Britain), Theophile-Alexandre Steinlen (France), Albert Hahn (Netherlands), Frans Masereel (Belgium), and Gerd Arntz (Germany). Browsable by artist and symbol (light, labour, capital, death, and woman). Digital version of a 1997 exhibition of the National Trades Union Museum in Amsterdam, organized by the International Institute of Social History. http://www.iisg.nl/exhibitions/art/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities, Media, Regions of the World Last updated Dec 27, 2002 Arthur Szyk: Artist for Freedom, Masterpieces of Illumination
Fifteen annotated images of works from Polish-born Arthur Szyk, "one of America's leading political artists during World War II." From the Library of Congress, Swann Gallery of Caricature and Cartoon. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/szyk/szyk-ex.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Oct 1, 2004 Back to School Cartoons
A compilation of back-to-school humor. Includes the name of each artist, a link to the artist's syndicate or newspaper, and contact information. Users may comment or visit an archive of the artist's most recent cartoons. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoon Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/School2006/main.asp Topics: K-12 Education, Media Last updated Aug 30, 2006 Baldy Editorial Cartoons, 1946-1982, 1997: The Clifford H. Baldowski Collection
A searchable collection of about 2,500 political cartoons that "depicted the local, national and international news of his day in the editorial pages of the Augusta Chronicle, Miami Herald, and Atlanta Constitution." A brief biography, a list of suggested readings, and links to related resources are also available. From the University of Georgia Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies. http://dlg.galileo.usg.edu/baldy.html Topics: Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Politics Last updated Oct 14, 2006 The California Recall Starring Arnold
A compilation of political cartoons about the California recall election. Includes the name of each artist, the artist’s syndicate or newspaper, and contact information. Users may comment or visit an archive of the artist's most recent cartoons. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/Arnold/ Topics: 2003 California Recall Election, Art, California: Government, California: Politics, Government, Humor, Media, Notable People: Government, Politics Last updated Aug 14, 2005 Cartoon America: A Library of Congress Exhibition
Dozens of drawings selected from the collection of editorial cartoonist James Arthur Wood, Jr. "These selections reflect Wood's primary collecting interests and strengths and the vitality of an innovative and evolving art form that includes political illustrations, gag cartoons, comic strips, illustrations, animation, and caricature." Note: Some images are not available because the Library of Congress does not have permission to display the images online. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/cartoonamerica/ Topics: Humor Last updated Mar 20, 2007 Cartoonbank.com
This is a division of The New Yorker magazine company, "with more than 85,000 records in our central archive-including all the cartoons ever published in The New Yorker . More than 20,000 of those images are available right here on our web site." These cartoons can be searched by keyword, caption, publication date, artist, and other fields. http://www.cartoonbank.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated May 28, 2003 CartoonHub
A database "of over 90,000 British 20th century cartoon drawings. Most of the records in the catalogue are based on original cartoon drawings held by the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature, though some of the more recent records were catalogued from daily newspapers." Requires registration (free). From the Centre for the Study of Cartoons and Caricature at the University of Kent at Canterbury, United Kingdom. http://library.kent.ac.uk/cartoons/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Dec 2, 2004 Comedy Central's Indecision 2008
A humorous take on the 2008 presidential election. Features video clips of Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's interviews with 2008 presidential candidates and Colbert's candidacy announcement, humorous candidate profiles, and a blog. From Comedy Central. http://www.indecision2008.com/ Topics: 2008 Presidential Election, Humor Last updated Oct 22, 2007 Comics Research Bibliography
This searchable, international bibliography "lists both monographs and articles from popular magazines and academic journals pertaining to comic books, comic strips, animation, caricature, cartoons, bandes dessinees, and related topics." Contains nearly 9,000 entries, arranged alphabetically by author. http://www.rpi.edu/~bulloj/comxbib.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Film, Movies, & Video, Film: Genres & Themes, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated May 25, 2002 Comics.com: The Home of Comics on the Web
Daily posts and archives for dozens of the nation's top comic strips and editorial cartoons. http://www.comics.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated Apr 2, 2006 Comics: Farley by Phil Frank
Collection of cartoons and related material for this comic strip that was inspired by San Francisco events and that appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle until its creator, Phil Frank, retired in September 2007. Includes an archive with comics back to 2002, a biography of Frank, a list of books by Frank, and a 2005 article about three decades of Frank cartooning. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/09/09/BAFARLEY.DTL&hw=phil+frank&sn=006&sc=187 Topics: Humor Last updated Sep 10, 2007 Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index
Features an archive of political and editorial cartoons dating back to 1999, a teachers' guide to using the site, and more. Also includes "Best Of" yearly overviews. http://cagle.msnbc.com/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Aug 31, 2005 The David Claypool Johnston Collection
A brief biography and samples of this American artist's satires, drawings, watercolors, portraits, political prints, and other illustrations. Johnston, who worked mainly in Philadelphia and Boston in the 1800s, is best known for "his contribution to the early years of lithography in America" and for his humorous and satirical works on such topics as the militia, temperance, religion, and politics. An online exhibit from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass. http://www.americanantiquarian.org/Exhibitions/Johnston/ Topics: Art by Region, Artists, Humor, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts, Social Issues Last updated Feb 24, 2007 David Levine Gallery
The New York Review of Books presents around 2,000 works by David Levine, "whose brilliant caricatures have graced the Review 's pages since 1963." The subjects include presidents, statesmen, writers, scholars, artists, performers, and other celebrities and notorious folk from the past and present. To get a complete list, type the letter "a" in the search box. http://www.nybooks.com/gallery/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Jun 20, 2002 Dr. Seuss Went to War: A Catalog of Political Cartoons
"Over 400 editorial cartoons" created by Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss) during 1941-1943 for the New York newspaper "PM." Browsable by date, and subject (people, countries/regions, war/domestic issues, battles and battlefields). Also includes a set of war bonds cartoons by Geisel. From the Mandeville Special Collections Library at the University of California, San Diego. http://orpheus.ucsd.edu/speccoll/dspolitic/ Topics: Art, Arts and Humanities, California: Libraries & Archives by Type, Media, Media, Politics, World War II Last updated Oct 26, 2004 Drawing From Life: Selections of Caricatures & Cartoons From the American Art/Portrait Gallery Library Collection
The collection of caricature and cartoon books at the Smithsonian Institution's American Art/Portrait Gallery Library Collection "number[s] over 600 volumes, ... [and] has a strong focus on the works by American artists — the oldest dating to the Civil War period." This site presents a selection of annotated images from the collection. Browsable by title, artist, or subject. Also includes biographies of some of the artists and a bibliography. http://www.sil.si.edu/ondisplay/caricatures/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media Last updated Feb 4, 2004 Fred O. Seibel (1886-1968) Editorial Cartoonist, Richmond Times-Dispatch
Images of correspondence to Fred Seibel from Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, J. Edgar Hoover, John L. Lewis, James Hoffa, Barry Goldwater, and Harry Byrd. "All of them found themselves as subjects in his political cartoons and wrote Seibel asking him for copies of the originals. Scanned images of the cartoons that are referred to in the letters are also shown." From the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Virginia Commonwealth University. http://www.library.vcu.edu/jbc/speccoll/exhibit/seibel1.html Topics: Artists, Arts and Humanities, Correspondence, Media, Media, Politics, Presidents by Name Last updated Dec 15, 2003 H. Daumier and His Lithographic Work
This site provides information about 19th century French artist Honoré Daumier, including "a detailed biography, a bibliography ... a list of more than 700 Daumier exhibitions," tips for collectors, a list of significant collections, and more. Also features a link to the "Daumier Register," a "digital work catalogue giving detailed information and at least one photograph for each of the 4,000 Daumier lithographs." From two Daumier collectors. http://www.daumier.org Topics: Art, Artists Last updated Aug 9, 2005 HarpWeek: Presidential Elections 1860-1912
This site "features political cartoons [about historical U.S. presidential elections] from Harper's Weekly, Leslie's Illustrated Weekly, Vanity Fair, Puck, Judge and the Library of Congress Collection of American Political Prints, 1766-1876. It provides explanations of the historical context and images of each cartoon, campaign overviews, biographical sketches, [and] a review of the era's major issues." Covers elections such as Lincoln and Douglas (1860), Hayes and Tilden (1876), and Wilson, Taft, and Roosevelt (1912). http://elections.harpweek.com/ Topics: Humor, The United States Presidency Last updated Jan 17, 2008 Herblock's History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium
Features the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist Herb Block. He was best known for caricatures of American presidents from Herbert Hoover to Bill Clinton and for his work during the Watergate investigation. The site includes annotated artwork, a biography of Herblock, and his own writing on political cartooning. An exhibit from the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/ Topics: Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Politics by Place Last updated Jun 2, 2005 Honoré Daumier Lithographs
"Honoré Daumier (1808-1879) was a French lithographer, painter, and sculptor who gained widespread fame for his social and political commentary on the monarchy, politicians, and the middle class." The site features a timeline, a slide show of Daumier lithographs, a link to a database with images of thousands of Daumier lithographs, and a bibliography. From Brandeis University Libraries, which holds one of the major collections in the United States of the works of Daumier. http://lts.brandeis.edu/research/archives-speccoll/daumier/ Topics: Artists, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated May 30, 2006 Illingworth Cartoons in the National Library
A collection of over 4,500 cartoons by Leslie Gilbert Illingworth (1902-1979), a Welsh political cartoonist who worked mainly in the 1930s to the 1960s. Cartoons are searchable, or browsable by time period or by topic, such as nuclear weapons, Welsh events, Second World War, the space race, and everyday life. In English and Welsh. From the National Library of Wales. http://www.llgc.org.uk/illingworth/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Politics, Presidents by Name Last updated Nov 22, 2004 Lambiek.Net
Located in Amsterdam, Holland and founded in 1968, Lambiek is Europe's oldest comics shop. The site features a history of comics in the Netherlands, an illustrated "Comiclopedia" of thousands of comic artists from America and Europe, a gallery of original comic artwork, and more. Also available in French and Dutch. http://lambiek.net/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Literature: Fiction, Media, Media Last updated Mar 22, 2006 Librarian Action Figure
The Web site for the doll that caused a storm of controversy in librarianship. The doll, whose arm moves up in a "shushing" gesture, is based on real-life librarian and prolific book reviewer Nancy Pearl, the author of "Book Lust." Is she dowdy, or merely sensibly dressed? An insult to the profession, or amusing? And where did she get those comfy-looking shoes? http://www.mcphee.com/laf/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Crafts, Fashion, Hobbies, Humor, Librarianship, Media, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Oct 4, 2004 Milt Priggee.com
The searchable Web site for freelance Washington state political cartoonist Milt Priggee features biographical and contact information as well as extensive archives, local political cartoons, caricatures, animations, and free Priggee banners. There are also links to family, friends, professional, reciprocal, and favorite sites. http://www.miltpriggee.com/ Topics: Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Washington State: Government, Washington State: People, Washington State: Society & Social Issues Last updated Oct 2, 2004 Napoleonic Caricatures: A Brown University Digital Collection
This site presents a searchable and browsable collection of satiric prints of Napoleon Bonaparte. "Satires made in Britain and continental Europe that depict Napoleon as a diminutive brat combat Napoleon's self-constructed imperial image as a powerful god-like ruler." Includes an introductory essay, a chronology, and "Who's Who." From the Brown University Library. http://dl.lib.brown.edu/napoleon/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, History By Place, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics, Regions of the World Last updated Oct 29, 2003 Oliphant's Anthem: Pat Oliphant at the Library of Congress
An online exhibit featuring more than sixty works by Pat Oliphant, an editorial cartoonist and winner of a 1966 Pulitzer Prize. Each piece includes background and discussion. Searchable and browsable. From the American Memory Project at the Library of Congress. http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/oliphant/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Politics by Place Last updated Jul 5, 2004 Pens & Needles: The Political Cartoons of Joel Pett
A gallery of works and brief profile of Joel Pett, winner of the 2000 Pulitzer Prize in editorial cartooning for his work in Kentucky's Lexington Herald-Leader. From the Newseum. http://www.newseum.org/pett/ Topics: Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Notable People: Arts & Humanities, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 27, 2006 Political Cartoons by Ann Telnaes
Contains an annotated gallery of works and a brief profile and the audio commentary of Ann Telnaes, awarded the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning. From the Newseum. http://www.newseum.org/telnaes/gallery/ Topics: Art, Humor, Notable People: Women, Politics Last updated Feb 4, 2007 Political Cartoons by David Horsey
"A look at 1999" from David Horsey, awarded the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning for his work in the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Includes a brief profile of the artist. From the Newseum. http://www.newseum.org/horsey/ Topics: Mammals, Media, Notable People: Arts & Humanities Last updated Jun 27, 2006 The Political Dr. Seuss
Companion site to a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) Independent Lens program on the political philosophy of children's author and illustrator Dr. Seuss (Theodor Geisel). Features audio clips of comments from Dr. Seuss on his career, a history of political cartooning, a gallery of his political cartoons from the World War II period and other illustrations, lesson plans, and related resources. http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/politicaldrseuss/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Lesson Plans, Literature & Books, Media, Media, Politics Last updated Oct 26, 2004 Puck's Homepage: Uniting Mugwumps and the Masses
This "analysis of cartooning as well as Gilded Age political culture" discusses how the cartoons in Joseph Keppler's satirical magazine Puck conveyed the liberal viewpoint during the 1880's. There are a number of images (a few with extensive explanatory notes) of the work of Keppler, Bernhard Gilliam, and James A. Wales. There is also A Brief History of Cartoons. The Web site was prepared as a master's thesis at the University of Virginia. http://xroads.virginia.edu/~MA96/PUCK/home.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Politics, Politics by Place Last updated Feb 27, 2005 The Punch Cartoon Library
Many of the nearly 500,000 cartoons covering "every aspect of life in the 19th and 20th centuries" from the British humor magazine Punch, which published from 1841 to 2002. Browse by category, from animals and pets to sport and fitness. http://www.punch.co.uk/punchcartoonlibrary.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, Nonfiction by Genre, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jul 3, 2007 Radical Visions: Graphic Satire in the Yiddish Press, 1894-1939
This small exhibit of cartoons from Yiddish newspapers provides a look at Jewish life at the turn of the 20th century. The five images, which are accompanied by full annotations, demonstrate how biblical imagery was used to comment on social and economic issues of the day. From the library of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS). http://www.jtsa.edu/prebuilt/exhib/cartoons/index.shtml Topics: Arts and Humanities, Arts and Humanities, Judaism, Media, Media, Newspapers, Nonfiction by Genre Last updated Aug 31, 2007 Running for Office: Candidates, Campaigns, & the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
"The political cartoons in this exhibit, drawn by renowned cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman, illustrate the campaign process from the candidate's decision to run for office to the ultimate outcome of the election." Also features descriptions of Berryman's recurring characters (such as the Democratic Donkey, Republican Elephant, and teddy bear), printable downloads of the cartoons, and desktop background images. Companion to a 2008 physical exhibit at the National Archives, Washington, D.C. http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/running-for-office/ Topics: Humor Last updated Mar 5, 2008 September 11th Remembered
Dozens of cartoonists are represented in this poignant "collection of the best cartoons drawn in the aftermath of the attacks" on September 11, 2001. From Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoon Index. http://cagle.msnbc.com/news/9-11Anniversary2003/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Media, Media, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 30, 2006 The Siege and Commune of Paris, 1870-1871
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