World War II

  • Herblock (1909–2001). “Look—Americans in Your Territory,” 1941. Published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, November 27, 1941. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (001.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-01041 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). The Struggle for Civilization, 1941. Published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, April 18, 1941. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-00584 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Jerry Costello (1897–1971). Feeling the Pinch, 1939. Published in the Albany Knickerbocker News, March 14, 1939. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (003.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38552 © Times Union, Albany, NY
  • Edwin Marcus (1885–1961). The Misfit, 1933. Published in the New York Times, March 26, 1933. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Gift of Edwin Marcus, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a10517  © By Permission of the Marcus Family
  • Clifford Berryman (1869–1949). It’ll Fly Better When That Other Wing Is On, 1941. Published in the Washington Star, October 13, 1941. India ink over graphite drawing. Gift of Clifford Berryman, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd- 2a05836
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Make It a Reality, 1941. Published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, June 1941. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (001.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-01291 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001).They’re Still There, Boss! 1941. Published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, April 1941. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (002.01.00)
  • Hugh Hutton (1896–1976). Art Treasure, 1939. Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, October 3, 1939. Crayon over blue pencil drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (003.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38553
  • James Berryman (1902–1971). [Congress being dressed as an angel by Senators Johnson and Connally while Uncle Sam grumbles], between 1935 and 1939. Published in the Washington Star, between 1935 and 1939. India ink over graphite drawing. Tom Connally Papers, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (004.01.00)
    LC-DIG-acd- 2a06909
  • Jerry Costello (1897–1971). The Restraining Hand Needed, 1939. Published in the Albany Knickerbocker News, July 7, 1939. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (005.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38554 © Times Union, Albany, NY

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Red Scare

  • Herblock (1909–2001). [Eisenhower on campaign train; proposed investigations into past], 1953. Published in the Washington Post, January 2, 1953. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (006.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-03196 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). You Go Along with That Idea? 1951. Published in the Washington Post, June 17, 1951. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-02803 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Hugh Hutton (1896–1976). They Just Crawl in Everywhere, 1947. Published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, January 20, 1947. Crayon over graphite drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (008.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38555
  • Keith Temple (1899–1980). Can You Beat It? 1953. Published in the New Orleans Times-Picayune, February 5, 1953. India ink and crayon drawing. Gift of Keith Temple, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a11139 © 2014 NOLA Media Group, L.L.C. All rights reserved. Used with permission of The Times-Picayune and NOLA.com.
  • Jerry Costello (1897–1971). How We Tag a Viper, 1953. Published in the Albany Knickerbocker News, September 3, 1953. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Gift of Jerry Costello, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (010.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a07674 © Times Union, Albany, NY
  • Herblock (1909–2001). My Next Number Will Be—,” 1950. Published in the Washington Post, May 5, 1950. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (006.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-02496 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Stop Ganging Up on Me,” 1950. Published in the Washington Post, April 22, 1950. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (007.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-02485 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Edmund Valtman (1914–2005). Getting It Out of His System, 1954. Published in the Hartford Times, March 11, 1954. India ink and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (008.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38556
  • Leo Roche (1888–1974). Old Tanglefoot—and He’s Stuck with It, 1953. Published in the Buffalo Courier-Express, March 27, 1953. India ink, graphite, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing. Gift of Leo Roche, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (009.01.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a10934
  • Clarence Batchelor (1888–1977). Columbia: “What Worries Me Is, I Find No Anger Here Toward Hiss to Match His Anger toward McCarthy,” 1952. Published in the New York Daily News, 1952. India ink, lithographic crayon, charcoal and blue pencil drawing. Gift of Clarence Batchelor, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (010.01.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a05674 © New York Daily News

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Cold War

  • Herblock (1909–2001). Oh, No—Not Again—I’m Tired,” 1951. Published in the Washington Post, March 9, 1951. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (011.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-02730 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Orbit, 1961. Published in the Washington Post, August 8, 1961. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-05408 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Don Hesse (1918–1985). Undermining Again, 1953. Published in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, 1953. Graphite, India ink, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing. Gift of Don Hesse, 1954. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a08941 © Jan Hesse Erdmann
  • John Fischetti (1916–1980). Carrot and the Stick, 1953. Published by the Newspaper Enterprise Association, 1953. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Gift of John Fischetti, 1953. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (014.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a08672
  • L. D. Warren (1906–1992). Alice Remains in Wonderland, 1958. Published in the Cincinnati Enquirer, February 25, 1958. Crayon, ink, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (015.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-07900 © Estate of L.D. Warren
  • Herblock (1909–2001). The Iceman Cometh,” 1946. Published in the Washington Post, October 23, 1946. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (011.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-01530 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet,” 1961. Published in the Washington Post, October 20, 1961. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (012.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-05461 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Willard Combes (1901–1984). Take It Easy, Boys, It’s Loaded! 1945. Published in the Cleveland Press, 1945. Crayon, India ink, opaque white, and graphite drawing. Gift of Willard Combes, 1954. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (013.01.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a07421
  • Gib Crockett (1912–2000). If Damocles Survived I Guess I Can Too! 1961. Published in the Washington Star, December 10, 1961. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Gift of Gibson Crockett, 1973. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (014.01.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a07756 © Estate of Gib Crockett
  • Edmund Valtman (1914–2005). He’s Driving Me Nuts—I’m on the Verge of Blowing My Top,’ 1962. Published in the Hartford Times, April 21, 1962. India ink and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon & Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (015.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38557

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Vietnam War

  • Herblock (1909–2001). We’ve Shown That We’re Willing to Go More Than Half Way,” 1967. Published in the Washington Post, March 12, 1967. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (016.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06756 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Spirit of Second Session, 1968. Published in the Washington Post, on January 26, 1968. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06975 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Edmund Valtman (1914–2005). Stick ’Em Up! 1964. Published in the Hartford Times, June 9, 1964. India ink, tonal film overlay, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (018.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38558
  • Dan Dowling (1909–1993). Reviewing the Situation in Vietnam, 1964. Published by the New York Herald Tribune, 1964. India ink, tonal film overlay, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38559 © Estate of Dan Dowling
  • Gib Crockett. Go ‘Way, Boy, You Bother Me! 1967. Published in the Washington Star, March 21, 1967. India ink and crayon drawing. Gift of Gib Crockett, 1973. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (020.00.00)
    LC-DIG-acd-2a08237 © Estate of Gib Crockett
  • Herblock (1909–2001). What Escalation? We’re Just Moving Sideways,” 1967. Published in the Washington Post, August 15, 1967. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (016.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06866 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001), Dean, I Think You’ve Let the Dragon Out of the Bag,” 1967. Published in the Washington Post, October 19, 1967. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (017.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06912 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Eugene Payne (1919–2010). I Suppose You Are All Wondering Why I Called This Meeting,” 1966. Published in the Charlotte Observer, ca. October 24, 1966. Ink brush, crayon, and opaque white over blue pencil drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (018.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-07890
  • Cy Hungerford (1889–1983). Will LBJ’s Luck Hold Out?, between 1965 and 1968. Published by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, between 1965 and 1968. India ink and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (019.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38560 Copyright © Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, 2015, all rights reserved. Reprinted with permission.
  • Joseph Parrish (1905–1989). Delayed-Action Bomb, 1966. Published in the Chicago Tribune, April 25, 1966. India ink and watercolor drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (020.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38561

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Nixon

  • Herblock (1909–2001). Keep the Lid on Till after the Election! 1972. Published in the Washington Post, August 29, 1972. India ink and graphite over blue pencil drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-08039 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Floor-to-Ceiling Carpeting, 1973. Published in the Washington Post, June 12, 1973. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-08241 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Gib Crockett (1912–2000). Join Us, Brother—It’s Never too Late to Repent! 1972. Published in the Washington Star, August 25, 1972. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38562 © Estate of Gib Crockett
  • Gib Crockett (1912–2000). Now That’s What I Call a Good Likeness! 1972. Published by the Washington Star, October 4, 1972. India ink and crayon drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (024.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38564 © Estate of Gib Crockett
  • Herc Ficklen (1911–1980). Out of Range, 1972. Published in the Dallas Morning News, October 19, 1972. India ink, crayon, tonal film overlay, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (025.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38566 © Dallas Morning News
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Remember, We Don’t Talk Till We Get a Lawyer,” 1972. Published in the Washington Post, June 21, 1972. India ink, graphite, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (021.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-07994 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Miraculous—He Can Walk on Mud,” 1972. Published in the Washington Post, October 19, 1972. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (022.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-08075 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Gib Crockett (1912–2000). The Livin’s Still Easy, 1973. Published in the Washington Star, June 1, 1973. India ink and crayon drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (023.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38563 © Estate of Gib Crockett
  • Karl Hubenthal (1917–1998) . . . It’s Been Erased! 1974. Published by the Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, August 7, 1974. India ink, crayon, tonal film overlay, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (024.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38565 © Karl Hubenthal. All Rights Reserved. The Hubenthal cartoon on this site cannot be copied or used without the expressed consent and approval of the Karl Hubenthal Family Estate.
  • Ed Holland (1918–2009). Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave, When First We Practice to Deceive! 1974. Published in the Chicago Tribune, May 12, 1974. India ink, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing with tempera on plastic overlay. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (025.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38567

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Middle East

  • Herblock (1909–2001). Throw Another Log on the Fire,” 1955. Published in the Washington Post, October 30, 1955. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (026.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-03957 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Are You Sure You’re Getting the Whole Picture Here? 1957. Published in the Washington Post, January 28, 1957. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (027.00.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-04287 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Bill Graham (1920–1994). Bird on a Fence, 1955. Published in the Arkansas Gazette, November 1, 1955. Crayon, India ink, opaque white, and blue pencil drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (028.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38569 © Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • John Knott (1878–1963). He Started It, 1957. Published by the Dallas News, February 10, 1957. India ink, crayon, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38669 © Dallas Morning News
  • Jim Lange (1926–2009). The Road Back, 1970s. Published in the Daily Oklahoman, 1970s. India ink and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.00.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38572
  • Herblock (1909–2001). This Time, How About a Solid Foundation? 1967. Published in the Washington Post, June 9, 1967. India ink, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (026.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06820 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Herblock (1909–2001). Israel is Winning—Now We Must Do Something! 1967. Published in the Washington Post, June 7, 1967. Graphite, India ink and opaque white drawing. Herbert L. Block Collection, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (027.01.00)
    LC-DIG-hlb-06818 © Herb Block Foundation
  • Bill Graham (1920–1994). O.K., Men, That About Wraps It Up!! 1967. Published in the Arkansas Gazette, June 7, 1967. Graphite, India ink, and blue pencil drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (028.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38570 © Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
  • Robert Dunn (1923–1994). Propped, between 1952 and 1982. Published in the Buffalo Courier-Express, between 1952 and 1982. India ink, crayon, graphite, and opaque white drawing. Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature, Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (029.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38571
  • Anne Mergen (1906–1994). Not Exactly a Haven of Safety, between 1950 and 1956. Published in the Miami Daily News, between 1950 and 1956. Graphite, India ink, and opaque white drawing. Gift of Matthew Bernhardt and Christine Hoverman, 2006. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (030.01.00)
    LC-DIG-ppmsca-38573 © Joan Bernhardt

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