“A cartoon is a sometimes failing attempt to lighten the situation even if done with the broadest and least forgivable humor, ...

In his book "The Art of Controversy: Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power," journalist Victor Navasky writes about caricature's ability to disturb dictators, humble presidents and inflame ...

political cartoons, and even work cartoons that will help you get through to Friday. Some of these funny cartoons might just ...

Identifiably American forms of humor emerged in the late Colonial ... The invention of printing laid the foundations of the modern political cartoon by making it possible to circulate pictorial ...

Tim Benson, editor of Britain's Best Political Cartoons, defended his selection ... In 2004 the Daily Telegraph claimed her jokes were "regularly rewritten by backbench executives".

Events this week have shown that political cartoons still have the potential to stir debate and cause controversy. Now, a new exhibition in the Linen Hall Library in Belfast displays memorable ...