#ChatGPT says this racist political cartoon is by Charles G. Brooks for The Birmingham News. Klan territory.
But the schtick is he copies the style of the national op ed legend [Herbert] Herblock, to borrow his credentials, while Herblock's real opinion of MLK was this:
But the schtick is he copies the style of the national op ed legend [Herbert] Herblock, to borrow his credentials, while Herblock's real opinion of MLK was this:
December 30, 2025 at 1:46 AM
#ChatGPT says this racist political cartoon is by Charles G. Brooks for The Birmingham News. Klan territory.
But the schtick is he copies the style of the national op ed legend [Herbert] Herblock, to borrow his credentials, while Herblock's real opinion of MLK was this:
But the schtick is he copies the style of the national op ed legend [Herbert] Herblock, to borrow his credentials, while Herblock's real opinion of MLK was this:
I love Herblock. Was lucky enough to inherit an autographed copy of one of his collections. Drawn back when there was a great newspaper with that name.
December 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I love Herblock. Was lucky enough to inherit an autographed copy of one of his collections. Drawn back when there was a great newspaper with that name.
"Accelerated reading course." Herblock on the persistence of segregated schools nearly 13 years after the Brown v Board decision, April 1967.
December 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
"Accelerated reading course." Herblock on the persistence of segregated schools nearly 13 years after the Brown v Board decision, April 1967.
And you really don't have to go back that far either. H/t @randalljstephens.bsky.social
December 26, 2025 at 10:52 PM
And you really don't have to go back that far either. H/t @randalljstephens.bsky.social
"Big man on campus." Herblock, February 1967. In 1966 Reagan promised that, if elected California governor, he would set up a commission to investigate why “the campus has become a rallying point for Communism and a center of sexual misconduct.”
December 26, 2025 at 10:42 PM
"Big man on campus." Herblock, February 1967. In 1966 Reagan promised that, if elected California governor, he would set up a commission to investigate why “the campus has become a rallying point for Communism and a center of sexual misconduct.”
Goddamn. 50 years ago from Herblock
December 21, 2025 at 2:29 AM
Goddamn. 50 years ago from Herblock
Herblock on California Governor Reagan's fight with the state's university system, January 1967.
December 20, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Herblock on California Governor Reagan's fight with the state's university system, January 1967.
Herblock, Mauldin, Peters, Telnaes, and Blitt can see the next generation of editorial cartoonists on the horizon!
December 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Herblock, Mauldin, Peters, Telnaes, and Blitt can see the next generation of editorial cartoonists on the horizon!
Trust me as a kid who started “cartooning” around age 10, I shudder to think about AI then. But I did train (or was inspired by) All the Mad magazine cartoonist, political cartoonists like Herblock and even the Flinstones… Oh, I almost forgot Sendak
December 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Trust me as a kid who started “cartooning” around age 10, I shudder to think about AI then. But I did train (or was inspired by) All the Mad magazine cartoonist, political cartoonists like Herblock and even the Flinstones… Oh, I almost forgot Sendak
Bill Crawford on America's glaring pollution problem, November 1966. In the years leading up to Earth Day 1970, editorial cartoonists like Crawford, Herblock, Bill Mauldin, Hal Campagna, Lou Grant, Hugh Haynie, & others were focusing greater attention on the environment.
December 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Bill Crawford on America's glaring pollution problem, November 1966. In the years leading up to Earth Day 1970, editorial cartoonists like Crawford, Herblock, Bill Mauldin, Hal Campagna, Lou Grant, Hugh Haynie, & others were focusing greater attention on the environment.
"Don't hang that one—that's the candidate!" Herblock on the Reagan image and the 1966 race for governor, October 1966.
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
"Don't hang that one—that's the candidate!" Herblock on the Reagan image and the 1966 race for governor, October 1966.
It is almost criminal the Stan Kelly hasn't won a Herblock Prize*
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December 15, 2025 at 6:18 PM
It is almost criminal the Stan Kelly hasn't won a Herblock Prize*
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Herblock, 1961. What's old is new again.
"I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there"
"I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there"
December 13, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Herblock, 1961. What's old is new again.
"I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there"
"I help to support the establishments I have mentioned—they cost enough; and those who are badly off must go there"
As this Herblock cartoon suggested, there were several Senators who were interested in the reverse (that is, becoming President).
Fact: None of the men in the cartoon would become President.
Fact: None of the men in the cartoon would become President.
December 13, 2025 at 1:21 AM
As this Herblock cartoon suggested, there were several Senators who were interested in the reverse (that is, becoming President).
Fact: None of the men in the cartoon would become President.
Fact: None of the men in the cartoon would become President.
In April 1952, Hubert Humphrey introduced a bill to allow ex-Presidents to serve as Senators at large.
It was a sop to Harry Truman, who'd just announced that he would not run for re-election. (The only living ex-President at the time was Herbert Hoover.)
#skystorians #history #polisky #herblock
It was a sop to Harry Truman, who'd just announced that he would not run for re-election. (The only living ex-President at the time was Herbert Hoover.)
#skystorians #history #polisky #herblock
December 13, 2025 at 1:20 AM
In April 1952, Hubert Humphrey introduced a bill to allow ex-Presidents to serve as Senators at large.
It was a sop to Harry Truman, who'd just announced that he would not run for re-election. (The only living ex-President at the time was Herbert Hoover.)
#skystorians #history #polisky #herblock
It was a sop to Harry Truman, who'd just announced that he would not run for re-election. (The only living ex-President at the time was Herbert Hoover.)
#skystorians #history #polisky #herblock
Today's Bock oddity is this editorial cartoon by Herblock, who was a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. This one, entitled "The Wet's New Santa Claus" showing Santa's sleigh being pulled by 4 bock goats, was published in the Brooklyn Citizen, which ran it December 10, 1932
December 10, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Today's Bock oddity is this editorial cartoon by Herblock, who was a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist. This one, entitled "The Wet's New Santa Claus" showing Santa's sleigh being pulled by 4 bock goats, was published in the Brooklyn Citizen, which ran it December 10, 1932
We work #DavidChase, #PeterThiel, #HoratioAlger & #Herblock into a review of a searing indictment of the #BabyBoomer generation. As if you need more reasons to read it. We review #BruceCannonGibney’s #AGenerationofSociopaths: the-agency-review.com/generation-o... #sociology #history #culture
A Generation of Sociopaths
Each fall, our history teachers would begin the schoolyear promising us that when June rolled around, we’d have worked our way through the dusty decades and would be discussing current events in th…
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December 9, 2025 at 2:24 AM
We work #DavidChase, #PeterThiel, #HoratioAlger & #Herblock into a review of a searing indictment of the #BabyBoomer generation. As if you need more reasons to read it. We review #BruceCannonGibney’s #AGenerationofSociopaths: the-agency-review.com/generation-o... #sociology #history #culture
Alert viewers may have noticed Herblock award-winning cartoonist @laloalcaraz.bsky.social can depict Trump describing America as a garbage can.
That's too easy. Growing up in Encinitas, we called that a tip-in gimme.
I want to see him toon Trump's moral slum. Now *that* would be some "drawer-in."
That's too easy. Growing up in Encinitas, we called that a tip-in gimme.
I want to see him toon Trump's moral slum. Now *that* would be some "drawer-in."
December 7, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Alert viewers may have noticed Herblock award-winning cartoonist @laloalcaraz.bsky.social can depict Trump describing America as a garbage can.
That's too easy. Growing up in Encinitas, we called that a tip-in gimme.
I want to see him toon Trump's moral slum. Now *that* would be some "drawer-in."
That's too easy. Growing up in Encinitas, we called that a tip-in gimme.
I want to see him toon Trump's moral slum. Now *that* would be some "drawer-in."
“Quick, officer—they went that way.” Herblock on McCarthy’s sham crusade and his deceptive tactics, April 1954.
December 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
“Quick, officer—they went that way.” Herblock on McCarthy’s sham crusade and his deceptive tactics, April 1954.
I’ll be honest, I never heard of the guy while he was still working. Obviously, I was pretty young in the 1960s and the Akron paper to which my parents subscribed only ran Herblock cartoons.
I only recently became aware of the Ohio State connection, so I was happy to pick this one up.
I only recently became aware of the Ohio State connection, so I was happy to pick this one up.
December 4, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’ll be honest, I never heard of the guy while he was still working. Obviously, I was pretty young in the 1960s and the Akron paper to which my parents subscribed only ran Herblock cartoons.
I only recently became aware of the Ohio State connection, so I was happy to pick this one up.
I only recently became aware of the Ohio State connection, so I was happy to pick this one up.
It's strong work. he wasn't in Herblock or Bill Mauldin's class, but who was? He used a very mainstream style of the day. Vertical panel, litho crayon. certainly didn't break any new ground, but he was named the National Cartoonist Society's best political cartoonist 4 times.
December 4, 2025 at 2:49 PM
It's strong work. he wasn't in Herblock or Bill Mauldin's class, but who was? He used a very mainstream style of the day. Vertical panel, litho crayon. certainly didn't break any new ground, but he was named the National Cartoonist Society's best political cartoonist 4 times.
You were the worthy heir of Herblock!
November 28, 2025 at 6:42 PM
You were the worthy heir of Herblock!
Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
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Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
The deadline for teenagers to enter the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards may be as little as one week away. Though January 6, 2026 is the deadline for my Zip Code and probably yours. The Alliance for Y...
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November 26, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
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Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award
The deadline for teenagers to enter the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards may be as little as one week away. Though January 6, 2026 is the deadline for my Zip Code and probably yours. The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers in association with The Herblock Foundation is again offering “$2,000 scholarships for three teens […]
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November 26, 2025 at 4:36 AM
Call For Entries: Scholastic Herblock Scholarship Award