He was president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in 1999. Pett never took art lessons and his work showed it, according to critics who wrote letters to the editor. He says The Washington Post's Herblock and the late Hugh Haynie of The Courier-Journal in Louisville were early influences. No plans to stop Unfortunately, Pett says, the kind of hard-hitting cartoons drawn by Herblock, Haynie and others are increasingly scarce on today's editorial pages. To me, that's distressing.
Editorial cartoons have a rich history of raising hell.
Pett said the Herald-Leader has given him free reign to express himself over the years. And Pett promised that the chips will continue to fly. E-mail this story to a friend. All rights reserved. Any copying, redistribution, or retransmission of any of the contents of this service without the expressed written consent of the Lexington Herald-Leader is prohibited.