Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States
The insightfully selected cartoons alone are worth the book.(Kathleen Hall Jamieson)Lamb's research, however, pays off in his enlightening history of cartooning, loaded with entertaining incidents beyond the well-known.(James PoniewozikBookforum)If political cartoonists were to draw Chris Lamb, it might be as their knight, charging into battle.(Nina C. AyoubChronicle of Higher Education)[Lamb's] book is passionately argued...and the dozens of reproductions are fantastic.(Financial Times)A book that will serve as a wake-up call to those who refuse to acknowledge the diminution of freedom of expression and democratic ideals in the U.S....Essential(Choice)A thoughtfully composed and well-illustrated investigation of the role of those who serve as society's watchdogs.(ForeWord Magazine1900-01-00)An important step forward for scholarship concerning editorial cartooning.(David W. ParkPolitical Communication)Lamb's book is a welcome look at a type of journalism that is given extraordinary latitude.(H.J. KirchhoffGlobe and Mail)