LibGuides: Political Cartoons: Websites

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1935). Policeman in front of New York Public Library Retrieved from http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/8fafbd87-31b8-9af0-e040-e00a18067062

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If you type "political cartoons" into a Google search and click on the "images " link toward the top of the page, you will get subject categories from which you can choose.

Political Cartoons - Overview and History

A Brief History of Political Cartoons
Editorial Cartoons: An Introduction
An overview of editorial cartoons by the History Teaching Institute of the Ohio State University
The Evolution of Political Cartoons Through a Changing Media Landscape by Anne McCallum
Essay by Anne McCallum of Virginia Commonwealth University

Library of Congress Online Collections - From the Prints and Photographs Division

Caroline & Erwin Swann Foundation for Caricature and Cartoon - Cartoon-related Research at the Library of Congress
Cartoon America - The Ungentlemanly Art: Political Illustrations
From the website: Art Wood, an award-winning political cartoonist himself, collected more than 16,000 political cartoons by hundreds of the leading creators of the 'ungentlemanly art,' a phrase that is commonly used to describe this type of graphic satire.
Cartoon Prints, American
Searchable collection of American political cartoons from the 18th and 19th centuries.
Herblock's Gift: Selections from the Herb Block Foundation Collection
Monstrous Craws and Character - Masterpieces of Cartoon Caricature Flaws
19th and 20th Century Political Cartoons caricaturing some of the key political events of the day.
Primary Source Set Political Cartoons and Public Debates
A listing of Library of Congress collections of political cartoons.

Miscellaneous Online Collections

Association of American Editorial Cartoonists
Search box on top right allows for search current of older editorial cartoons. Click on "Advanced Search" to create a more precise search.
British Cartoon Archive
Searchable database of British political cartoons.
National Archives: Running for Office - Candidates, Campaigns and the Cartoons of Clifford Berryman
From the website: The works of cartoonist Clifford K. Berryman, illustrate the campaign process from the candidate’s decision to run for office to the ultimate outcome of the election. Although many political procedures have changed, these cartoons show that the political process has remained remarkably consistent; Berryman’s cartoons from the early 20th century remain relevant today.

New York Public Library Digital Collections

Browse collections or search by genre. Here is the link for "political cartoons" genre. For a more targeted search, simply type search terms into the search box on the top right corner. Click on the cartoon to view. Each record also provides the correction citation in MLA, APA, Chicago Style, etc.

Cartooning for Peace
International association associated with the United Nations that aggregates political cartoons on specific topics from around the world.
Politcal Cartoon Gallery
British website of the Political Cartoon Society contains digital works from their London based gallery. Specific cartoons from the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia and Russia as well as articles on political cartoon history are accessible on this site.
The Week - Cartoons
Weekly print and online magazine with articles and editorial about current events and issues.