Drawn to Extremes: The Use and Abuse of Editorial Cartoons in the United States
In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about...
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In 2006, a cartoon in a Danish newspaper depicted the Prophet Mohammed wearing a bomb in his turban. The cartoon created an international incident, with offended Muslims attacking Danish embassies and threatening the life of the cartoonist. Editorial cartoons have been called the most extreme form of criticism society will allow, but not all cartoons are tolerated. Unrestricted by journalistic standards of objectivity, editorial cartoonists wield ire and irony to reveal the naked truths about presidents, celebrities, business leaders, and other public figures. Indeed, since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have made important contributions to and offered critical commentary on our society. Today, however, many syndicated cartoons are relatively generic and gag-related, reflecting a weakening of the newspaper industry's traditional watchdog function. Chris Lamb offers a richly illustrated and engaging history of a still vibrant medium that "forces us to take a look at ourselves for what we are and not what we want to be." The 150 drawings in Drawn to Extremes have left readers howling-sometimes in laughter, but often in protest.
1You should have been in the World Trade Center!12President Bush has been reading Doonesbury and taking it much too seriously303No honest man need fear cartoons574McCarthyism905Second-class citizens of the editorial page1266We certainly don't want to make people uncomfortable now, do we?1567That's not a definition of libel; that's a job description1858Comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable209
\ Chronicle of Higher Education - Nina C. Ayoub\ If political cartoonists were to draw Chris Lamb, it might be as their knight, charging into battle.\ \ \ \ \ \ ForeWordMagazineA thoughtfully composed and well-illustrated investigation of the role of those who serve as society's watchdogs.\ \ \ Political CommunicationAn important step forward for scholarship concerning editorial cartooning.\ \ \ \ \ \ Globe and MailLamb's book is a welcome look at a type of journalism that is given extraordinary latitude.\ \ \ \ \ \ Chronicle of Higher EducationIf political cartoonists were to draw Chris Lamb, it might be as their knight, charging into battle.\ — Nina C. Ayoub\ \ \ \ \ \ Financial Times[Lamb's] book is passionately argued...and the dozens of reproductions are fantastic.\ \ \ \ \ \ ChoiceA book that will serve as a wake-up call to those who refuse to acknowledge the diminution of freedom of expression and democratic ideals in the U.S....Essential\ \ \ \ \ \ ForeWord MagazineA thoughtfully composed and well-illustrated investigation of the role of those who serve as society's watchdogs.\ \ \ \ \ \ Political CommunicationAn important step forward for scholarship concerning editorial cartooning.\ — David W. Park\ \ \ \ \ \ Globe and MailLamb's book is a welcome look at a type of journalism that is given extraordinary latitude.\ — H.J. Kirchhoff\ \ \ \ \ \ Globe & MailLamb's book is a welcome look at a type of journalism that is given extraordinary latitude.\ — H.J. Kirchhoff\ \ \ \ \ \ BookforumLamb's research, however, pays off in his enlightening history of cartooning, loaded with entertaining incidents beyond the well-known.\ \ \ \ \ \ Kathleen Hall JamiesonThe insightfully selected cartoons alone are worth the book.\ \ \ \ \ \ BookforumLamb's research, however, pays off in his enlightening history of cartooning, loaded with entertaining incidents beyond the well-known.\ — James Poniewozik\ \ \
