Comic Riffs Archive: The Political Cartoon
JAPAN QUAKE & TSUNAMI: World's cartoonists respond to the tragedy
Martin Sutovec (Slovakia): (image courtesy of cagle.com) Hassan Bleibel Al-Mustakbal (Lebanon): Kap (Spain): Pavel Constantin (Romania): Manny Aenlle Francisco (The Philippines): John Sherffius (Boulder Daily Camera, Colo.):...
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Michael Cavna
| March 12, 2011; 1:00 PM ET |
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The Political Cartoon
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Hassan Bleibel Al-Mustakbal, John Sherffius, Kap, Martin Sutovec, Pavel Constantin
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RIP, DAVID BRODER: My line of tribute to a legend
If it's possible to be humble and approachable while also having earned your place on political journalism's Mount Rushmore, then our Post colleague David Broder embodied that deft ability to be an accessible institution in our midst. David S....
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Michael Cavna
| March 9, 2011; 6:00 PM ET |
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The Political Cartoon
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David Broder, The Washington Post
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Amid revolution, Arab cartoonists draw attention to their cause
Note: A somewhat truncated version of this article appears in the print edition of today's Washington Post. Comic-book translator DALIA ZIADA (image courtesy of Dalia Ziada) It was August of 2006 when Dalia Ziada, a young Egyptian writer, discovered her...
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Michael Cavna
| March 7, 2011; 10:30 AM ET |
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General, The Comic Book, The Political Cartoon
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Amr Okasha, Arab cartoonists, Babak Rahimi, Dalia Ziada, Egypt cartoons, Emad Hajjaj, Jordan cartoons, Sherif Arafa
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TOM TOLES: The Post cartoonist wins the 2011 Herblock Prize [UPDATED]
The Herblock Prize is staying in town. A year after Politico's Matt Wuerker won the Herb Block Foundation's editorial-cartooning honor, The Washington Post's Tom Toles [right] has been picked for the prize, the foundation has announced.. Toles is the...
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Michael Cavna
| March 2, 2011; 11:40 AM ET |
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The Political Cartoon
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Ann Telnaes, Harry Katz, Herb Block Foundation, Herblock Prize, Matt Wuerker, Signe Wilkinson, The Washington Post, Tom Toles
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'OBAMA NATION' artist decries MSNBC rant about 'racist obscenity' cartoon
"THE LAST WORD": Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy Artist Batton Lash says he's fair game for criticism over his controversial "Obama Nation" cartoon. What Lash now calls out-of-bounds, though, is the extent...
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Michael Cavna
| February 18, 2011; 11:00 AM ET |
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Interviews With Cartoonists, The Political Cartoon
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Andrew Breitbart, Batton Lash, James Hudnall, Lawrence O'Donnell, Obama Nation
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CUPID'S NIB: Our 10 Eye-Catching Valentine's Cartoons of the Day
From bitter to the sweet, sometimes it takes the skewed but humane eye of a cartoonist to put an occasion like Valentine's Day into properly humorous view. Be it snarky V-Day some e-cards or today's home-page Google Doodle tribute...
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Michael Cavna
| February 14, 2011; 12:45 PM ET |
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General, Superheroes, The Animation, The Political Cartoon
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Baby Blues, Barney & Clyde, Bizarro, Cul de Sac, David Fitzsimmons, Next Media Animation, Peanuts, Pickles, Spider-Man, Ty Templeton
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