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Political Cartoons No Longer Front and Center

Power of the pen left behind in 20th century

By Harry Kimball,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 1, 2008 8:26 PM CST

(Newser) – Political cartoons remain, but they lost front page power and heft long ago, says U.S. News & World Report. Cartoonists like Thomas Nast could once sway elections—Ulysses S. Grant credited Nast's pencil to helping him win the presidency—but the ranks of full-time...   Read full story »

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