NEWSPAPER CARTOONS

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INTRODUCTION
An editorial cartoon, also known as a political cartoon, is an illustration containing a
commentary that usually relates to current events or personalities. An artist who draws such
images is known as an editorial cartoonist.
They typically combine artistic skill, hyperbole and satire in order to question authority and draw
attention to corruption and other social ills.[1]

Pocket Cartoon A pocket cartoon is a form of editorial cartoon which consists of a topical single-panel singlecolumn drawing. It was introduced by Osbert Lancaster in 1939 at the Daily Express.[17] A 2005
obituary by The Guardian of its pocket cartoonist David Austin said "Newspaper readers
instinctively look to the pocket cartoon to reassure them that the disasters and afflictions
besetting them each morning are not final. By taking a sideways look at the news and bringing
out the absurd in it, the pocket cartoonist provides, if not exactly a silver lining, then at least a
ray of hope."[18]

Controversies Editorial cartoons sometimes cause controversies.[19] Examples include the Jyllands-Posten
Muhammad cartoons controversy (stemming from the publication of cartoons of Muhammad)
and the 2007 Bangladesh cartoon controversy.
Libel lawsuits have been rare. In Britain, the first successful lawsuit against a cartoonist in over a
century came in 1921 when J.H. Thomas, the leader of the National Union of Railwaymen
(NUR), initiated libel proceedings against the magazine of the British Communist Party. Thomas
claimed defamation in the form of cartoons and words depicting the events of "Black Friday"
when he allegedly betrayed the locked-out Miners' Federation. Thomas won his lawsuit, and
restored his reputation.[20]
ETYMOLOGY
The word cartoon has been derived from the Italian word cartone and dutch word karton , meaning
strong heavy paper or pasteboard.