Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1974 Edition

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 Centuryis 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 Americais returningPOWs, to a score of other events and issues.The 375 editorial cartoonscontained in this workoat once biting, perceptive, and humorousorepresent themost outstanding examples of the art from a variety of mediaonewspapers,magazines, television, and cartoon syndicatesoand reflect a broad range ofpolitical thought and conviction. Liberal and conservative, radical andmiddle-of-the-roadovirtually 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 yearis outstanding works focused upon this and relatedtopics. Many other issues, however, also claimed the attention of the generalpublic and of editorial cartoonists as well: the emotion-packed return ofhundreds of American POWs following years of imprisonment in North Vietnamesejails; the new war in the Middle East; President Nixonis 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.Brooks, Charles is the author of 'Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1974 Edition' with ISBN 9780882890272 and ISBN 0882890271.