Editorial Cartooning and Caricature: A Reference Guide

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This reference traces the historical background of editorial cartooning and presents works that chronicle the history and criticize the aesthetics of the art. It also describes anthologies and exhibition catalogs that reprint editorial cartoons, and provides a list of libraries, museums, and historical societies which house originals and photocopies or clippings of editorial cartoons. This expansive volume examines the American editorial cartoon from its beginnings in 1747 into the second Clinton administration. It fills a gap in the literature, providing comprehensive information on a field of growing interest to scholars and collectors. This reference guide studies the evolution of editorial cartooning and places it in its historical context and provides appreciation and criticism of the cartoons presented. In addition to political cartoons, underground, radical, and propaganda cartoons are also discussed in this volume. The appendixes offer important cross-reference tools such as a chronology and include listings of selected historical periodicals, theses, and dissertations covering political cartoons. This work will be of value to a broad spectrum of readersfrom collectors to scholarsand is suitable for many fields of study.

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.,."packs a vast amount of information into a slim package [which is] interesting and tightly written....Although all chapters are very useful, the researcher's bonanza is the listing and description of private and public collections of editorial cartoons in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This book is a must for all research libraries and for all researchers in the field of cartooning."-Communications Booknotes Quarterly
...packs a vast amount of information into a slim package [which is] interesting and tightly written....Although all chapters are very useful, the researcher's bonanza is the listing and description of private and public collections of editorial cartoons in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This book is a must for all research libraries and for all researchers in the field of cartooning.-Communications Booknotes Quarterly
Although all chapters are very useful, researcher's bonanza is the listing and description of private and public collections of editorial cartoons in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This book is a must for all research libraries and for all researchers in the field of cartooning.-Communication Booknotes Quarterly
As a reference book, this is outstanding, readily approachable by many levels of users and a "must" for serious students of the genre.-To Wit
Somers has provided a unique reference source that is well organized and contains useful discussions with bibliographies accompnaying most chapters.It would enhance academic library journalism and American popular culture collections.-Reference & User Services Quarterly
Somers...delivers a useful and readable publication that defines the importance of humorous images as documents not only of popular culture, but of the history of politicized thought....Highly recommended for all research collections.-Choice
The best guide yet published to finding just about everything connected with editorial cartooning in the United States, from original cartoon collections in libraries to articles...-Notebook (Assoc. of American Editorial Cartoonists)
..."packs a vast amount of information into a slim package which is interesting and tightly written....Although all chapters are very useful, the researcher's bonanza is the listing and description of private and public collections of editorial cartoons in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This book is a must for all research libraries and for all researchers in the field of cartooning."-Communications Booknotes Quarterly
"Although all chapters are very useful, researcher's bonanza is the listing and description of private and public collections of editorial cartoons in 36 states and the District of Columbia. This book is a must for all research libraries and for all researchers in the field of cartooning."-Communication Booknotes Quarterly
"As a reference book, this is outstanding, readily approachable by many levels of users and a "must" for serious students of the genre."-To Wit
"Somers has provided a unique reference source that is well organized and contains useful discussions with bibliographies accompnaying most chapters.It would enhance academic library journalism and American popular culture collections."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"Somers...delivers a useful and readable publication that defines the importance of humorous images as documents not only of popular culture, but of the history of politicized thought....Highly recommended for all research collections."-Choice
"The best guide yet published to finding just about everything connected with editorial cartooning in the United States, from original cartoon collections in libraries to articles..."-Notebook (Assoc. of American Editorial Cartoonists)

Author Bio

PAUL P. SOMERS, JR. is Professor of American Thought and Language at Michigan State University, East Lansing. He has published articles on American literature and American humor, including editorial cartooning, and a book on Southwestern humorist Johnson J. Hooper (1984). His fiction and satire have appeared in Harper's and various literary magazines, as well as National Lampoon, to which he was a contributing editor.