Journalist’s Trade

Unexpected benefits are found by some publishers, while others don’t even bother to ask readers about the cartoon’s impact.

‘… editorial cartoon jobs are increasingly left unfilled or are eliminated entirely after a cartoonist leaves a paper.’

‘How did it happen that such a confrontational art form … could be allowed to fall into disregard, disuse and ultimate dismissal?’

What will newspapers do ‘when the last salaried cartoonist drops dead and suddenly there’s nothing to publish in that box on all these editorial pages’?

‘Cartoons are the acid test of the First Amendment.’

Many newspapers have decided not to hire a full-time editorial cartoonist, but instead publish the readily available work of syndicated cartoonists. To explore what impact these decisions and other changing…

These cartoons ‘can reach inside someone’s brain and grab just the right spot.’

‘… my cartoons provide another opportunity to carry on a conversation with the people who live here.’

Why editorial cartooning is still a boy’s sport.

What happens when cartoonists let fear and pressure soften their vigilant voices?