Drawn to Extremes : The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States / Chris Lamb.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lamb, Chris, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American wit and humor, Pictorial.

Editorial cartoonists--United States--Biography.

Editorial cartoonists.

Editorial cartoons--United States.

Editorial cartoons.

Newspaper publishing--Political aspects.

Newspaper publishing.

Newspaper publishing--Political aspects--United States.

Newspaper publishing--United States--Political aspects.

Political cartoons.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Caricatures and cartoons.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : 161 illus.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [2004]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. "You Should Have Been in the World Trade Center!"

2. "President Bush Has Been Reading Doonesbury and Taking It Much Too Seriously"

3. "No Honest Man Need Fear Cartoons"

4. "McCarthyism"

5. "Second-Class Citizens of the Editorial Page"

6. "We Certainly Don't Want to Make People Uncomfortable Now, Do We?"

7. "That's Not a Definition of Libel; That's a Job Description"

8. "Comfort the Afflicted and Afflict the Comfortable"

Notes

Index

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-53418-3

OCLC:

979909958