Abstract
Political cartoons, wrote Herbert Block in 1977, are a “signed expression of personal opinion” whose most important characteristic is that they have a “view to express” and that they do so unapologetically. He argued that, although cartooning can be described as “an irreverent form of expression, and one particularly suited to scoffing at the high and mighty,” it is equally important to remember that “if the prime role of a free press is to serve as critic of government, cartooning is often the cutting edge of that criticism.” Indeed, the best political cartoons are not content to simply accompany and