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Category: Cartoons

  • David Horsey

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    Editorial cartoonists are usually noted for their point of view and their ability to point out the foibles and absurdities of our political and social institutions. I also take particular note of them, however, just for their drawings. Some editorial cartoonists are among the best cartoon illustrators we have. A case in point is David…

  • B. Kliban

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    B. Kliban is quite possibly my favorite cartoonist, which is saying a lot, frankly. His ideosynchratic “drawings” (he didn’t always call them cartoons, perhaps rightly so) are not everyone’s idea of funny ha-ha cartoons. Occasionally his work is immensely funny and hits you like a lightning bolt. At other times you will look at a…

  • Saul Steinberg

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    I tried really hard not to use this particular image to represent Saul Steinberg’s work. I really did. Everyone’s seen it, and it’s not like there aren’t a multitude of wonderful and memorable Steinberg images to choose from: the clock with all of its numbers replaced with the word “Now”, the days of the week…

  • Peter de Sève

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    Peter de Sève has been a bright presence in American Illustration for a number of years. His wonderful cartoon-style illustrations have appeared in Time, Newsweek, Smithsonian, Atlantic Monthly and, in particular, on many covers for The New Yorker. His drawings reveal the influence of comic book art and early Mad magazine artists as well as…

  • Mark Fiore

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    Mark Fiore certainly wasn’t the first to post animated political cartoons to the web, but he is probably the best known of the cartoonists who specialize in animated political commentary. While many animated editorial cartoons are a single panel with animated bits, Fiore actually does 30-45 second animations. He works in Flash and uses sound…

  • Clay Bennett

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    Newspaper staff artists are the unsung heroes of illustration, usually in the shadows until they move to another position. Clay Bennett was a staff artist for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and The Fayetteville (NC) Times before moving to The St. Petersburgh Times as an editorial cartoonist. He was fired from The St. Petersburgh Times (I always…