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You can take this as prior warning of another Herbert Block series coming up soon. The guy is just incredible. I've been looking at work of his from the 1930s and check the date on this one. He is sharp of wit and iconic with the brush throughout the 60-70 years he has been delivering political cartoons.

:hatsoff: to Herblock.



 
Two more teasers before I kick into a series, he's too good, I couldn't resist.

Again check the dates by his signature on each one. Because a) His career has covered nearly all of the 20th century and b) It's amazing how the messages and images of 30 - 60 years ago can resonate so clearly today:

1965


1977
 
FriendlyFire said:
Oh so true, the Germans tried to bomb London in the Blitz during World War II and its gotten them nowhere. Why do the terrorist expect differently? :lol:
 
CivGeneral said:
Oh so true, the Germans tried to bomb London in the Blitz during World War II and its gotten them nowhere. Why do the terrorist expect differently? :lol:
Good job, you repeated exactly what the cartoon said.
 
Herblock on "Civil Liberties".

Given the subject matter of the other cartoons being discussed above, one can clearly feel some Resonance. Replace 'Communism' with 'Terrorism' and we see how the old witch-hunt mentality, civil distrust, infringement of civil liberties, side-lining and demonising of communities are all not far off, or are already with us in our 'War or Terror'. (I hope to update this post with some little notes about each cartoon)

"Freedom from Fear"
(1951)


"How to Detect Subversion & Witchcraft"
(1954)


"Secrecy" (1956)


"You Read Books Eh?" (1969)


"Hysterical Liberty"
(1959?)


"Oh, It Was Just Gunsmoke" (2000)
 
Herblock on "Civil Rights."

This series picks up on the Race Relations themes begun in the earlier Dr. Seuss cartoons. It's interesting to note that in the 40s we have Dr. Seuss commenting on a need for racial equality, in terms of an increased productivity for the war effort. In contrast we have Herblock commenting in the 60s and 70s from more of a straight justice angle.

"Black MD" (1963)


"Restricted from Society" (1963)


"Keep Moving Brother" (1960)


"The Walls of Jericho" (1965)


"Democracy in the Capital"
(1978)


"Wallace For President"
(1968)


"One Nation...indivisible" (1977)
 
These two are shameless posts in praise of:

:worship: Herblock :worship:

And it isn't just me who worships this master, check what the world's political cartoonists made of him:

"Now that's a View"


"This Guy is not Recording History. This Guy is Making History."


"Clinton in the Ink Pot."


"Getting Ready to Give Nixon a Close Shave."


:D
 
Praises part 2



"Herblock is the Greatest Man in the World"


"The Immortal Herblock through Time"


"They Built the Newspaper (Washington Post) Around Him"


"Herblock Himself"
 
nonconformist said:
Is Herb Block still alive?
He is no longer with us in flesh sadly. But as this page shows, he very much lives on in spirit.

The "And they built the newspaper around him" cartoon is not really that much of an exaggeration IMO. Here's a little biography on him:
Herbert Lawrence Block, called Herblock (October 13, 1909 - October 7, 2001), was a U.S. editorial cartoonist.

He won three Pulitzer Prizes (1942, 1954, 1979) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (1994).

His first cartoon appeared in the Chicago Daily News on April 24,1929 :eek: . After working (1933-43) for the Newspaper Enterprise Association , in 1946 he joined the Washington Post, from which he never retired, his last cartoon being published on August 26, 2001.

During the 1930's his own political views had become more liberal and he favored Franklin D. Roosevelt and the New Deal. He pointed out the dangers of Soviet imperialism, the growing Nazi menace, and American isolationists. In 1942 he won the Pulitzer Prize for the first time. He joined the Washington Post after serving in the military during World War II.

In the early 1950s Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of his recurring targets, for whom Herblock coined the term "McCarthyism" in a particular cartoon. He survived the McCarthy era and won another Pulitzer Prize in 1954.

Again he was instrumental in drawing attention to the abuses of the Nixon Administration and won his third Pulitzer Prize in 1979. Nixon canceled his subscription to the Post after Herblock drew him crawling out of a sewer. :lol:
His response to Columbine:
 
 
 
 
 
 
FF: Love the Unplugged Loud Speaker and the Abstract Expressionist Bush is absolute genius!!! Great find!

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