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Political Cartoons Pathfinder
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Political Cartoons and Cartoonists A collection of texts and images detailing the history of political cartooning in America. Related articles cover earlier English pioneer cartoonists such as James Gillray and William Hogarth. A biography of Thomas Nast is also included as well as links to other sites and contemporary cartoonists. Created and maintained by an "American Studies scholar whose specialties include Mark Twain [and] U.S. social and political history." URL: http://www.historyillustrated.com/cartoons/ 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. URL: http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/swann/herblock/ 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. URL: http://www.llgc.org.uk/illingworth/
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