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Drawn & Quartered: The History of American Political Cartoons

From Benjamin Franklin’s drawing of the first American political cartoon in 1754 to Pat Oliphant’s blistering attacks on the democratic process today, editorial cartoons have been a mainstay of American journalism and politics. Drawn & Quartered chronicles the nation’s highs and lows in an extensive collection of cartoons that span the entire history of American political cartooning.

“From pre-Civil War to post Civil Rights, from preNast to post -Herblock, Drawn & Quartered charts with breezy text and smashing pictures the work of ten generations of political cartoonists. An entertaining, informative and much needed history. I can’t believe the things I didn’t know.”
Jules Feiffer

“Cartoons are like visual rock and roll” said cartoonist Doug Marlette. “They hit you primitively and emotionally, like little Richard or Jerry Lee Lewis. A cartoon is a frontal assault, a slam dunk, a cluster bomb.”

A new, updated soft cover edition of Drawn & Quartered which includes cartoonists’ takes on the Bill Clinton- Lewinsky scandal, the 2000 Bush-Gore election stand-off, 9/11, and Barack Obama’s race for the White House will be in stores in 2010.

Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher The Economist, 11/11/00

Cartoonists are turning to animation and the internet to reach a new generation of “readers.” In 2006, Kevin "KAL" Kallaugher decided to take up the challenge. Working with the University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Imaging Center, over a 12-week period he masterfully transformed his caricature of George "W" Bush into a three-dimensional digitally animated character. Wind & Stars producer Sandy Northrop documented the work of KAL and the UMBC technical team. “The World According to Kal” is a 12-minute video of that process.

The World According to Kal