BOOK - Political Cartoons "The Art of Controversy"

"Powerful Rulers Reduced to Laughable Caricature in 'Art of Controversy'" PBS Newshour 8/7/2013

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JUDY WOODRUFF (Newshour):  Next, a look back through history at the surprising influence of political cartoons.

NewsHour political editor Christina Bellantoni has our book conversation.

A picture is worth 1,000 words.  That old adage of how drawings have for centuries shaped the conversation about government and its leaders is the subject of a new book, "The Art of Controversy:  Political Cartoons and Their Enduring Power," by journalist Victor Navasky.  He's the former editor and publisher of "The Nation" magazine and now teaches at Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

"Fine Art Can Be Funny and Offensive:  Victor Navasky on Political Cartoons" (incl cartoon slide show) by Katelyn Polantz, PBS Newshour 8/5/2013