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| Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die" |
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| Thomas Nast's self portrait |
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| The "Brains" |
Right now, I am studying political cartoons, also known as editorial cartoons. They were sometimes used to tell messages to people who could not read. A well known political cartoon is Benjamin Franklin's "Join or Die". The different parts of the snake symbolize the thirteen colonies. The meaning of "Join or Die" is that all the colonies have to unite against England or they will all perish. A major political cartoonist was Thomas Nast. He was considered to be the father of American Cartoon. He created many cartoons, and a number of them are very famous, such as the "Brains", as shown. The Harper's Weekly, a magazine, was one of the place's where Nast could show his work. There are still political cartoonists today. An example of a modern day political cartoon is Doonesbury. There is also Edison Lee. Another example of a modern political cartoonist is Jack Ohman. "Revenue Enhancement" is a example of his work. The political cartoons date back very long ago, and still exist today.
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| Revenue Enhancement |
Sources:
- http://cartoons.osu.edu/nast/images/nast_self_car.jpg
- http://www.phinallyphilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/myers160190f9-9161-4f70-beca-072b02c6a77c.jpg
- http://www.phinallyphilly.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/myers160190f9-9161-4f70-beca-072b02c6a77c.jpg
- http://media.oregonlive.com/ohman_impact/photo/10591126-large.jpg
