Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2005 Edition - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1589802845 ISBN 13: 9781589802841

Publisher: Pelican Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

Every year since 1972, Pelican has presented this diverse compilation of the most outstanding editorial cartoons from publications across the country. Selected for clarity of position as well as for exceptional execution, this collection includes the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning artists, the year�s major award-winning cartoons, and the best work from Canadian cartoonists. This year�s edition promises a four-year capsule of great presidential campaign cartoons, and includes amusing and insightful cartoons from more than 150 cartoonists on the ongoing battle against global terrorism, the domestic economy, the 2004 Olympics and other sports, the biggest events in the entertainment world, and more.

About this title

From the Publisher

Since 1972, Pelican has presented this diverse compilation of the most outstanding editorial cartoons from publications across the country. Selected for clarity of position as well as for exceptional execution, this collection includes the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning artists, the year’s major award-winning cartoons, and the best work from Canadian cartoonists.

From the Back Cover

"A good overall look at the history of the previous year through the eyes of some of the most brilliant cartoonists in the country. If you are at all politically minded, or appreciate the humor of political cartoonists, this book is for you." --John Austin, Hollywood Inside Syndicate

Selected for clarity of position as well as for exceptional execution, this thirty-third annual collection includes the work of Pulitzer Prize-winning artists, the year's major award-winning cartoons, and the best work from Canadian cartoonists in a pictorial history of the last year's major events.
Over four hundred editorial cartoons by more than 180 editorial cartoonists represent a variety of viewpoints on the ever-expansive global war on terrorism; the dramatically contested presidential campaign; the goals, successes, and failures of the Bush administration; and other domestic and international crises and achievements.
Editor of this volume and the previous thirty-two editions, Charles Brooks is past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and was a cartoonist for the Birmingham News for thirty-eight years. He has received thirteen Freedom Foundation awards, a National VFW Award, two Vigilante Patriot awards, and a Sigma Delta Chi Award for editorial cartooning.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 1589802845
• ISBN 13: 9781589802841
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 208
• Editor: Brooks Charles