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Organizations and their awards, such as the Pulitzer Prize, National Headliner Award, and Sigma Chi Delta Award, are featured in this enticingly arranged anthology. Information about the winners of these prestigious awards, where they are based and what motivates each of their cartoons is included. Featured are notable figures behind the awards, such as Thomas Nast, who was considered by many to be the "Father of American Political Cartooning." This book is designed to supplement the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series.
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Cartoonist Turnbloom samples the recent work of 16 political cartoonists in America, each a winner or a nominee for a major national prize in 2007 including the Pulitzer, the National Headliner, the Scripps Howard National Journalism Award, and the John Fischetti Editorial Cartoon Competition Award. Artists Clay Bennett, Mike Luckovich, and Steve Sack, among the others, lampoon the Bush presidency and the war in Iraq, Islamic and Christian fundamentalism, pop culture, problems in education, and racial and social issues, among other phenomena. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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