Political Cartoons

Political Cartoons Fact: Political cartoons are composed of two elements: caricature, which parodies the individual, and allusion, which creates the situation or context into which the individual is placed.

Funny Political Pictures - Extensive index of funny cartoons, doctored photos and parodies from the Political Humor Guide at About.com.

Political Cartoons.com - Listing today's best political cartoons with links to the artist's homepage and email.

Political Cartoons and Cartoonists - Historical political cartoons of the 19th and 20th centuries, from Napoleon and Waterloo to Theodore Roosevelt and the woman suffrage movement in the first decades of the twentieth century.

NewsMax.com Political Cartoons - Portal for daily news and politics provides links to more than 100 editorial cartoonists, including Jim Morin, Bob Lang, and Jules Feiffer.

Charles Samuel Keene - Explore the life and work of the classic British political cartoonist whose work appeared regularly in "Punch" from the Knowledge Network.

Mike Keefe - Mike Keefe has been the editorial cartoonist for The Denver Post since 1975. He is also a weekly contributor to USA Today and a regular on America Online. Nationally syndicated, his cartoons have appeared in Time, Newsweek, The New York Times, The Washington Post and more national publications.

Sandy Huffaker - This four time Pulitzer Prize nominee has done six covers for Time, won numerous awards and has illustrated more than twelve books.

Jules Feiffer - Read a short biography of the Pulitzer Prize winning political cartoonist, playwright, screenwriter, satirist and commentator on the anomalies of American life.

American Political Prints, 1766-1876 - Library of Congress collection provides cartoons on US politics. The archive includes explanations of the events and ideology of the images.

America in Caricature 1765-1865 - An online exhibition which highlights a rich collection of political cartoons from the Lilly Library. It depicts times of turbulence in American history from the dates of the Revolutionary War to the presidential elections of 1860 and 1864 which brought Abraham Lincoln to the White House.

Punch Cartoons: Views of the Famine - Features a collection of "Punch" cartoons from the 1840s that express satirical and political views about the Irish and the Great Famine.

FDR Cartoon Archive - Search a database of cartoons featuring US President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the activities of his administration from 1932 to 1943.

The Final Ace - Editorial cartoon by Bob Gorrell.

The Search for Weapons of Mass Destruction - By Nick Anderson of the Louisville Courier-Journal.

Any Day - By Pat Bagley of the Salt Lake Tribune.

Saddam's Plight - By Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star-News.

Afghanistan Terrorist School - From the About.com Political Humor site.