Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2000
by Charles Brooks
Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year (2000)
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In this edition of the acclaimed series, editor Charles Brooksdisplays, once again, his talent for choosing the most memorable,irreverent, and, at times, poignant artistry of todays most giftedcartoonists. His selection of top editorial cartoons from the UnitedStates and Canada runs the gamut, from presidential antics and politicalposturings to drawings that comment on almost every aspect of modern dailylife.From sports, education, health care, and the news media to crime, guncontrol, and show more the economy, Brooks gives the reader pictures that are trulyworth a thousand words. Best Editorial Cartoons lovers will laughas they encounter hilarious caricatures of VIPs, view renderings of thecommon man facing lifes incongruities, and see the foibles of societyrevealed in over 400 sketches.Brooks twenty-eighth volume includes David Horseys PulitzerPrize-winning work from the Seattle Post-Intelligencer , as well asthose of other talented and award-winning artists who have earneddistinctions over the past year. In addition to the cartoons, the bookalso contains introductory comments putting each section in a historicaland social perspective. With contributions from some 160 cartoonists, thislatest work is sure to be recognized as one of the best of the Bestseries. show lessTags
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These anthologies are a wonderful way to remember the events of the year gone by. I had forgotten about them until I added this one to LibraryThing, but I've now added the volumes for 2001 to 2009 to my wish list at Amazon.
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Editor Charles Brooks is past president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists and for thirty-six years was cartoonist for the Birmingham (Ala.) News before retiring last year. He is an award-winning cartoonist in his own right and has compiled a provocative collection of political and social commentaries in this fourteenth volume. show more Congressman Jack Kemp (Rep., N.Y.), often the subject of cartoons, offers a perceptive foreword, noting: "No one has ever seen a cartoon poking fun at Mikhail Gorbachev in Pravda or Krokodil, and that fact speaks volumes...." show less
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Common Knowledge
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- Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 2000
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- Nonfiction, General Nonfiction, Art & Design, History
- DDC/MDS
- 320.9730207 — Society, government, & culture Political science Types of Government Political situation and conditions North America United States Miscellany Humerous treatment
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- E839.5 .B45 — History of the United States United States Later twentieth century, 1961-2000 Political history
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