American cartoonists

History has always been recorded through time in multiple ways like video, songs, writing and through art. Of the many forms of art used to capture situations, cartoons have become a popular type in the most current time. Cartoons have been used since the 1700s to depict different situations in seriousness or humor. Cartoons appear in the form of movies and television shows to bring smiles to its viewers and even in the form of comics to bring out the adolescence in any person. They have been known to entertain the viewers, educate, and sometimes persuade them on different situations. Mort Gerberg is one of the most known Political Cartoonists in the world. Gerberg has been a cartoonist since 1960 and sold his very first cartoon in 1961 to small magazines, like 1000 Jokes, Swank, and Diners Club Magazine, before publishing in major markets. Overtime his cartoons have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy and numerous other publications. He has written, edited, and illustrated 43 books for both adults and children. His most respectable instructional work in his career for 28 years is Cartooning: The Art and the Business. Gerberg…

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Symbolism by definition is the usage of certain objects or signs to stand for bigger meanings, concepts or ideas. In the first cartoon the beaten up man with that head which looks like the earth is a symbol for the earth, the cartoonist meant by that image to show people the bad effects of overpopulation on the earth, and that earth will no longer be able to face this problem or handle its effects. In the second cartoon the earth is being presented by a man or a boy being showered, the…

Dana Summers is an editorial cartoonist who wrote for the Orlando Sentimental for thirty years before leaving. His main focus for all of his editorial cartoons is politics in America, and problems surrounding said politics. Summers uses multiple different techniques to get the point across to the viewer of his cartoons. Color is one of the biggest, color sets the tone and mood for the entire cartoon whether that may be bright or dark. Another strong technique he uses is the appeal of logos,…

The mid-eighteenth century was a confusing and revolutionary time period for the United States.1 After the Civil War the U.S. underwent a major paradigm shift in the racial hierarchy of the American people, with the emancipation and naturalization of former slaves, through the passage of the 13th and 14th Amendment, arrival of new immigrants, and changing demographic. President Ulysses S. Grant called for a celebration of Thanksgiving to give thanks for the reunification of the Union. Using…

ze Mr.Etzkorn U.S. History 1 10 February 2016 The Impact of Political Cartoons on Public Opinion During Civil War Era Public cartoons are illustrations that contain a commentary that focus on a current event or popular personality. The drawings offer the reader a visual representation of an issue or person that aims to influence the opinion of the reader through satire, humor, or exaggeration. An artist who draws these images is known as an editorial cartoonist. The use of political cartoons…

supported this expansion often used an unique brand of Social Darwinism, referred to as American Exceptionalism, to justify these acquisitions. This heightened American patriotism and American perceptions regarding race and loyalties, which, in turn, led to fears of conflicting German American loyalties during World War 1. German Americans were specifically singled out because German Americans had particularly close ties to their mother country and German Americans…

Taylor Jones’ powerful imagery delivers the issue of police brutality towards African Americans through the way he literally portrays the boy in a good light and the police in a bad light. He believes that police should stop discriminating against blacks just because of their skin color and the way they look. Irony plays a heavy role in delivering this message in this cartoon. The small African-American boy, a member of the race the police are targeting, is placing a flower in the barrel of one…

Many of today's political cartoons feature crude language, racy images, and inappropriate slurs to capture attention and get a point across. Thomas Nast did not need such things to make his point. Thomas Nast, a civil war era political cartoonist, found political cartoons, particularly the symbolism within them, to be a good use of his voice for the Union, and worked to recruit, persuade and publicize the goals of the Union. Thomas Nast used this symbolism to vocalize support for the Union and…

Pastor Mark Burns, an African-American minister who supports Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, has apologized for tweeting a cartoon showing Hillary Clinton in blackface. On Tuesday, Pastor Mark Burns spoke to Alisyn Camerota on “New Day” and apologized for posting the cartoon of Clinton in blackface. Nevertheless, he said he is standing by the message of the photo about the Democrats, CNN details. “I prayed that those who I offended really receive ... a sincere apology, because it…