| Politics, Ink: How Cartoonists Skewer America's Politicians, from King George III to George Dubya Contributor(s): Lordan, Edward J. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0742536386 ISBN-13: 9780742536388 Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers OUR PRICE: $18.86 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2005 Annotation: This fun and extensively illustrated books tells the story of the American political cartoon, form its origins over 250 years ago to today. Edward Lordon gives us a tour of artists, politics, media, American society, and the technology of cartooning, including the work of Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Currier & Ives, Thomas Nast, Dr. Suess, Pat Oliphant, Draper Hill, Ted Rall, Mike Keefe, Tom Toles, and countless others. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Art | Art & Politics - Art | Techniques - Cartooning - Art | Criticism & Theory |
| Dewey: 320.973 |
| LCCN: 2004029565 |
| Physical Information: 0.5" H x 7.06" W x 9.1" (0.89 lbs) 208 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This fun and extensively illustrated book tells the story of the American political cartoon, from its origins over 250 years ago to today. Edward Lordan gives us a tour of artists, politics, media, American society, and the technology of cartooning, including the work of Benjamin Franklin, Paul Revere, Currier & Ives, Thomas Nast, Dr. Seuss, Pat Oliphant, Draper Hill, Tom Toles, Ted Rall, Mike Keefe, and countless others. Interviews with today's political cartoonists--including Pulitzer winners Ann Telnaes and Signe Wilkinson--go behind the art form, to show how and why we respond to editorial cartoons as well as what syndication and the Internet mean to the future of political cartooning. |