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OverviewThe Best Political Cartoons of the Year, 2009 Edition The Best of the Year in Editorial Cartoons All of the top political cartoonists in the world contributed to this collection of the best cartoons of 2008, from Daryl Cagle's Professional Cartoonists Index website, the most popular cartoon site on the web (www.cagle.com). More than eight hundred cartoons cover the major topics of the year, from the election to the Crash on Wall Street! We have McCain, Obama, Sarah Palin, Michael Phelps, Eliot Spitzer, Gas Prices, Lipstick on a Pig, Killer Tomatoes and much, much more! News junkies and cartoon fans won't want to miss this great cartoon history of the year 2008! Full Product DetailsAuthor: Daryl Cagle , Brian FairringtonPublisher: Pearson Education (US) Imprint: Que Corporation,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 25.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 20.30cm Weight: 0.586kg ISBN: 9780789738158ISBN 10: 0789738155 Pages: 288 Publication Date: 09 April 2009 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Replaced By: 9780768695021 Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: In Print ![]() Limited stock is available. It will be ordered for you and shipped pending supplier's limited stock. Table of ContentsAbout this Book iv . . . And Another Book! v About the Editor-Cartoonists vi Not So Funny in China viii Grim Days for Editorial Cartooning xii Pulitzer Prize: Michael Ramirez 2 Hollywood Writers Strike 10 Murder of Bhutto 16 Clemens Faces Congress 20 Mitchell Report 24 Carter Meets Hamas 28 Turmoil in Tibet 34 Burma Typhoon 44 Polar Bears in Peril? 50 Castro Quits 54 No Nukes in Iran 62 Food Prices! 68 Killer Tomatoes 74 Polygamy Problems 78 5 Years in Iraq 82 High Gas Prices 90 Spitzer Scandal 102 Russia vs. Georgia 112 Chinese Olympics 118 Gay Marriage 130 Housing Crisis 136 Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac 144 Wall Street CRASH! 152 Wall Street BAILOUT! 166 Senator Stevens 176 Bush's Legacy 180 The Candidates 188 Barack Obama .200 John McCain 210 Palin's Bid for V.P. 220 Biden's Bid for V.P. 234 President Obama 240 Obama Makes History 250 In Memoriam2 56 Artists Index 270ReviewsAuthor InformationDaryl Cagleis the daily editorial cartoonist for MSNBC.com. Daryl's editorial cartoon site with MSNBC.com (www.cagle.com) is the most popular cartoon website of any kind on the Internet. It is also the most widely used education site in social studies classrooms around the world. For the past 30 years, Daryl has been one of America’s most prolific cartoonists. Raised in California, Daryl went to college at UC Santa Barbara and then moved to New York City, where he worked for 10 years with Jim Henson’s Muppets, illustrating scores of books, magazines, calendars, and all manner of products. In 2001, Daryl started a new syndicate, Cagle Cartoons, Inc. (www.caglecartoons.com), which distributes the cartoons of sixty editorial cartoonists and columnists to more than 800 newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Daryl is a past president of the National Cartoonists Society and current president of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Daryl is a popular and entertaining public speaker. Interested in having Daryl speak to your group? Contact us through www.caglecartoons.com for more information. Brian Fairrington, a graduate of Arizona State University, earned abachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in communications. Brian is one of the most accomplished young cartoonists in the country. Brian was the recipient of the Locher Award, the Charles M. Schulz Award, and several Society of Professional Journalists awards and Gold Circle Awards. He is a regular on the Phoenix-based television talk show Horizon, for which one of his appearances garnered an Emmy award. Brian has also been a guest on Imus in the Morning and was recently featured on CBS News Sunday Morning. Brian's cartoons are nationally syndicated to more than 800 newspapers and publications in America with Caglecartoons.com. His cartoons have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and Time, as well as on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. Additionally, his cartoons regularly appear on www.cagle.msnbc.com. Brian is a native of Arizona and is married to the wonderful Stacey Heywood; they have four children. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |