num_pages: 150
description: Take 139 leading editorialcartoonists from the United States and Canada, inspire their creative talentswith the major political issues of 1973, and the result is this provocativepictorial history of one of the Twentieth Centuryï¿½s most tumultuous years. This, the second volume of theseries, features the graphic commentary of virtually every major editorialcartoonist working in North America today, including twelve Pulitzer Prizewinners. Topics range from Watergate, the energy crisis, and Americaï¿½s returningPOWs, to a score of other events and issues. The 375 editorial cartoonscontained in this workï¿½at once biting, perceptive, and humorousï¿½represent themost outstanding examples of the art from a variety of mediaï¿½newspapers,magazines, television, and cartoon syndicatesï¿½and reflect a broad range ofpolitical thought and conviction. Liberal and conservative, radical andmiddle-of-the-roadï¿½virtually every political philosophy finds expression withinthese pages. The revelations of Watergate, ofcourse, provided a fertile field of ideas for every editorial cartoonist during1973, and some of this yearï¿½s outstanding works focused upon this and relatedtopics. Many other issues, however, also claimed the attention of the generalpublic and of editorial cartoonists as the emotion-packed return ofhundreds of American POWs following years of imprisonment in North Vietnamesejails; the new war in the Middle East; President Nixonï¿½s battles with Congressand the press; the precedent-setting resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew;and a new trend in U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning obscenity andpornography. As in the previous editions, thisvolume is edited by Charles Brooks, former president of the Association ofAmerican Editorial Cartoonists and winner of numerous awards for cartooningexcellence.
language: English
title: Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1974 Edition
titlecomplete: Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1974 Edition
ratings_count: 4
publisher: Pelican Publishing