A Savage Art” looks at the life of the prizewinning Pat Oliphant and argues such work is “a serious expression of a political ...

Sometimes a cartoon is worth a thousand words. Take the fuel gauge drawn in the shape of Oregon, with the needle pushed so far past empty that it’s shattered one ...

In the new documentary "A Savage Art," Pulitzer-winning cartoonist Pat Oliphant finds history repeating itself ...

Comedian Jo Koy’s monologue during Monday night’s Golden Globe Awards show clearly fell flat, and not just because he took a cheap shot at Taylor Swift. The audience (and armchair reviewers online) ...

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The art world is frequently as grim as the news, sometimes worse, but “Funny Business: Photography and Humor,” an exhibition at the Phoenix Art Museum, promises comic relief. The show was curated by ...

In September 2021, an old political cartoon that lampooned fossil fuel industry and anti-renewable energy rhetoric regained prominence online, thanks to a popular Reddit post, which described the ...

Brad Darcy still remembers family dinners where the television news was always on, his father’s sharp eyes glued to the screen, taking in the day’s events. Afterward, his father, Thomas F. Darcy, ...

Credit: Red Lines by Cherian George and Sonny Liew (MIT Press, 2021) Subscribe for ads-free reading Cartoons are a powerful tool of political speech. Combining journalism, art, and often satire, ...

Incorporating art projects in history, English and social science classrooms helps students practice communication through informed imagery. This spring, try the Political Cartooning Youth Media ...

When studying history in middle and high school, I would always wait patiently for the arrival of the Gilded Age. I would sit through the slow formation of the thirteen colonies and their rebellion ...