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Incredible Art Department
The Incredible Art Department: Incredible Artists
A massive collection of web links to artists categorized by art collections, cartoonists, black artists, female artists, male artists, ethnic artists, and native artists.
Newspapers in Education
Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Lessons Library
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists publish simple, inventive lesson plans and ideas for classes in editorial cartooning, caption writing, and news analysis. Lessons include "cartoon blanks" that...
Kentucky Educational Television
Kentucky Educational Television: Kentuckians in the Arts
Profiles of Kentuckians involved with the arts provides information about arts-related jobs and pursuits. Positions covered range from professors and graphic designers to cartoonists and sculptors.
International Institute of Social History
International Institute of Social History: Art to the People Albert Hahn
From the exhibit at the International Institute of Social History, "Art to the People", the work of the Dutch Socialist cartoonist Albert Hahn, is examined with descriptions and images.
Other
Newseum: Pens and Needles: The Political Cartoons of Joel Pett
Read a biography of Pulitzer Prize winner, Joel Pett, and see many of his editorial cartoons in either Shockwave or HTML.
US Holocaust Memorial Museum
U.s. Holocaust Memorial Museum: The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk
Internationally known artist Arthur Szyk detailed illustrations of Jewish themes. During WWII, he drew numerous cartoons and cariacatures of Nazi Germany.
Indiana University
Indiana University: The War of 1812
This site examines the work of two early American political cartoonists, who first came to prominence during the War of 1812: William Charles and William Elmes.
Newspapers in Education
Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Draw Your Own Conclusions [Pdf]
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists developed this caption-writing exercise for a cartoon that lampoons voter apathy.
Newspapers in Education
Ni Eonline: Cartoons for the Classroom: Cartoon Analysis Worksheet [Pdf]
Newspapers in Education and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists developed this worksheet as a classroom handout to aid lessons in dissecting the visual and verbal messages of political cartoons.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Libraries:drawing From Life: Caricatures and Cartoons
A website dedicated to displaying a selection of political cartoons and caricatures from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Includes biographies of many famous cartoonists and commentaries on the cartoonist's style and interests.
Library of Congress
Loc: Bill Mauldin
This online testimonial praises the works of Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Bill Mauldin, who passed away in 2003. After reading his biography, view this fantastic collection of some of his greatest works.
Library of Congress
Loc: Oliphant's Anthem
A Library of Congress online exhibition of Pulitzer Prize-winning political cartoonist, Pat Oliphant. View over sixty cartoons and see why he is known as one of the most influential editorial cartoonists in America.
Library of Congress
Loc: Herblock's History of Political Cartoons
Outstanding online exhibition featuring the works of political cartoonist, Herb Block,the creator of the phrase "McCarthyism." Spanning seventy years, this exhibit of over one hundred of his works shows why this Pulitzer Prize winner was...
Library of Congress
Loc: Edmund Valtman
This Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist was a specialist of the Cold war era having actually lived in the USSR at the time. View some of his most famous cartoons in this online exhibit.
Library of Congress
Loc: Editorial Cartoons by Ann Telnaes
An exhibit at the Library of Congress tracing the career of Pulitzer prize-winning political cartoonist Ann Telnaes.
Library of Congress
Loc: American Cartoon Prints
A gateway to a collection of more than 500 prints, from eighteenth- and nineteenth-century America, which encompasses several forms of political editorializing. A wonderfully curated collection, with images, a summary of the historical...
Huntington Library
Huntington Library: Lampooning Injustice: Paul Conrad and Civil Rights
In this lesson, 11th graders look at the work of Paul Conrad, a political cartoonist, who often explored issues around civil rights, including Brown v. Board of Education and school desegregation. Includes background information for the...
Library of Congress
Loc: See, Hear, and Sing Animation
The Library of Congress takes a look at the wacky world of cartoons, beginning with George Melies, who demonstrated that objects could be animated in film with a series of drawings, each drawn with slight changes.
Other
Newseum: Political Cartoons of David Horsey
After reading some brief biographical information on editorial cartoonist David Horsey, check out the gallery of his original cartoons from the year 1999.
US Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics: What Interests You?
At this site from the Bureau of Labor Statistics find out about possible careers in your future by selecting a job based on what school subject you like.
Library of Congress
Loc: Political Cartoons and Debates
A rich Web resource from the Library of Congress for lesson plans that require researching historic political cartoons and utilizing primary source documents.
Smithsonian Institution
National Portrait Gallery: Herblock's Presidents
Features an online exhibition of the presidential political cartoons of Herbert Block being shown at the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery. Contains drawings from Franklin Roosevelt through Bill Clinton which can be viewed by...
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: William Gropper
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, William Gropper is described here along with information on his contributions to art through his cartoonist and social realism paintings.
Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian American Art Museum: Boardman Robinson
As part of the Smithsonian Art Museum's database of artists, Boardman Robinson is described here along with information on his contributions to art as a cartoonist and illustrator.