Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year - Paperback

by Charles Brooks (Editor), Jack Kemp (Foreword by)

This series is the only annual compilation of editorial cartoons, focusing on all the newsworthy events of the year as expressed through the pens of the major cartoonists from North America. A roster of winners of major cartoon awards is included. Each edition is indexed by the cartoonist.

Reagan's comeback from cancer surgery, the AIDS scare, the frightening increase in airplane crashes.

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THE REAGAN ADMINISTRATION, Reagan's comeback from cancer surgery, the AIDS scare, international crises, the earthquake in Mexico, the startling increase in airplane crashes, the Live Aid concerts -- these major issues of 1985 are explored in some 350 editorial cartoons by more than 130 of the nation's leading editorial cartoonists.

Published annually since 1973, this series presents a pictorial history of the year. In this newest volume, outstanding cartoonists express divergent views representing every part of the political spectrum. These humorous, shocking, delightful, and outrageous drawings stimulate a clearer understanding of the major issues and conflicts at hand. No political leader is spared as these cartoonists exploit their strengths, weaknesses, and personal foibles.