The Big Book of Campaign 2008 Cartoons (Paperback)

by Daryl Cagle (Author), Brian Fairrington (Author)
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The Big Book of Campaign Political Cartoons 2008

 

The Presidential Campaign in Cartoons!

 

This collection of cartoons, by America's top editorial cartoonists, is a history of ht 2008 presidential campaign. Hundreds of cartoons drawn from the most popular cartoon site on the web (www.cagle.com) tell the story of the primaries, the debates, the candidates and all the missteps along the way. With Barack Obama, John McCain, Hillary Clinton, Bill Clinton, and a parade of colorful characters including Rudi Giuliani, John Edwards, Mitt Romney, Dennis Kucinich, Fred Thompson, Obama's crazy preacher and the obsessive media, leading up to the conventions and the general election, in 2008, American politics has turned into cartoons!

 

Excerpts from The Big Book of Campaign 2008 Cartoons

About the Author

Daryl Cagle

Daryl is the daily editorial cartoonist for MSNBC.com. Daryl's editorial cartoon site with MSNBC.com (www.cagle.com) is the most popular cartoon website of any kind on the Internet. It is also the most widely used education site in social studies classrooms around the world. For the past 30 years, Daryl has been one of America’s most prolific cartoonists. Raised in California, Daryl went to college at UC Santa Barbara and then moved to New York City, where he worked for 10 years with Jim Henson’s Muppets, illustrating scores of books, magazines, calendars, and all manner of products. In 2001, Daryl started a new syndicate, Cagle Cartoons, Inc. (www.caglecartoons.com), which distributes the cartoons of 50 editorial cartoonists and columnists to more than 800 newspapers in the United States, Canada, and Latin America. Daryl is a past president of the National Cartoonists Society and current president of the National Cartoonists Society Foundation. He is a frequent guest on Fox News, CNN and MSNBC. Daryl is a popular and entertaining public speaker. Interested in having Daryl speak to your group? Contact us through www.caglecartoons.com for more information.

 

Brian Fairrington

A graduate of Arizona State University, Brian earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in communications. Brian is one of the most accomplished young cartoonists in the country. Brian was the recipient of the Locher Award, the Charles M. Schulz Award, and several Society of Professional Journalists awards and Gold Circle Awards. He is a regular on the Phoenix-based television talk show Horizon, for which one of his appearances garnered an Emmy award. Brian has also been a guest on Imus in the Morning and was recently featured on CBS News Sunday Morning. Brian's cartoons are nationally syndicated to more than 800 newspapers and publications in America with Caglecartoons.com. His cartoons have appeared in The New York Times, USA Today, and Time, as well as on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News. Additionally, his cartoons regularly appear on www.cagle.msnbc.com. Brian is a native of Arizona and is married to the wonderful Stacey Heywood and they have four children.

 

Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Que; 1 edition (October 5, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0789738090
• ISBN-13: 978-0789738097
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 8 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #387,338 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most side-splitting black-and-white presidential election cartoons chosen by two expert cartoonists, November 8, 2008

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Consisting of the most side-splitting black-and-white presidential election cartoons chosen by two expert cartoonists, The Big Book of Campaign Cartoons 2008 reveals the mirthful side of the long and arduous process by which the Republican and Democrat parties chose their nominees, as well as the clash of ideas and personalities between prospective presidents McCain and Obama, right up to the moment when McCain stunned the nation by selecting "hockey mom" Palin as his running mate. These cartoons by a wide variety of artists range from sophisticated insights to hearty jabs to exposures of public figure hypocrisy. "'As my stockbroker, can you tell me ANYTHING encouraging?' 'Be glad you're not Mitt Romney investing in his own campaign.'" No right or left wing political figure is too sacred a cow to tip! The brief introductions to each chapter place the political cartoons in the context of what was happening at the time, in this highly accessible and laugh-out-loud collection. Highly recommended.

5.0 out of 5 stars POLITICAL CARTOONS, June 11, 2009

By	JUDY "JUDY" (ORANGE COUNTY ,CA) - See all my reviews

THIS WAS BOUGHT AS A GIFT. THE RECIPIENT ADORED IT! WHAT MORE CAN I SAY!!!!!! A PERFECT CHOICE!

4.0 out of 5 stars Political CampaignCartoons 2008, January 14, 2009

By	Steven D. Wittberger "Steve Wittberger" (Dhahran, Saudi Arabia) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Cagle and Fairrington alsways supply a nice slice of variety in the range of cartoons that were printed over the election period.