"I want to make it perfectly clear that national defense requires 18-c...
Cartoon shows President Nixon giving a speech, backed by two smiling men in Western hats. The speech is being given from a podium under an array of pipes and derricks labeled "Domestic Oil Co." Liquid, shown ... More
Inflation / Valtman '78. - Public domain print
Editorial cartoon drawing showing President Jimmy Carter as the biblical David confronting Goliath labeled "Inflation." Inscribed in pencil in upper right corner: Nov. 24.
Nixon - Drawing. Public domain image., Political Cartoon
Caricature of President Richard M. Nixon with folded hands, seated before a microphone in front of an American flag, showing the president making one of his talks to the American people attempting to explain th... More
The iceman cometh Valtman '80 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Editorial cartoon shows President Carter watching in dismay as Senator Teddy Kennedy approaches carrying two large blocks of ice labeled "Blame for Cold War" and "Wage-Price Freeze." In January 1980, Kennedy, ... More
Idi Amin - Public domain photogrpaph
Caricature shows Idi Amin, President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 as a bloated, powerful figure in military dress covered with medals and insignia, holding a sceptor, and crowned by a small head with heavy featu... More
Better relations through trade - A drawing of a group of men standing ...
Cartoon shows two groups of men huddled in trench coats and slouch hats meeting midway on a bridge. The man leading the first group is labeled "Abel"; the man leading the second is labeled "Powers." Francis G... More
Rifle (gun lobby) aimed at fallen figure (gun bill)
Cartoon shows a smoking gun (labeled "Gun Lobby") set up as a booby trap on a table labeled "House Judiciary Committee." A body (feet and legs shown only) labeled "Gun Bill," lies in the doorway. In March 197... More
"He's driving me nuts - I'm on the verge of blowing my top" Ed. Valtma...
Editorial cartoon drawing shows two hairy, muscular, anthropomorphic atomic bombs labeled "U.S. A-Tests" and "Soviet Intransigence" sitting at a table on which is a ringing alarm clock and a paper waiting to be... More
'Don't look now, but I'm afraid somebody is following us'
Cartoon shows Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Aleksey Kosygin walking along a street in Moscow wearing rumpled suits and ties and generally showing their age. A dapper young man without a tie, labeled "Next... More
'This hurts me more than it hurts you!'
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as a dentist about to extract Cuban leader Fidel Castro's teeth, drawn as missiles. In 1962, the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was installing missi... More
Nixon - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of President Richard M. Nixon with folded hands, seated before a microphone in front of an American flag, showing the president making one of his talks to the American people attempting to explain th... More
Gorbachev beholds a shattered hammer and sickle
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered into many parts. One of a new breed of Soviet leaders who ascended to power in 1980s, Gorba... More
'He isn't even looking this way!'
Cartoon shows three Arabs, standing on a rock labeled "Arab Baghdad Summit," angrily offering a bag labeled "Arab Oil Money" to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who rides by on a donkey. Sadat ignores them as ... More
The old man and the sea - A drawing of a man in a boat with a shark
Cartoon shows Senator George McGovern as a fisherman in a small boat with the remains of a large fish, labeled "War Issue," lashed to its side, battling against high seas. Valtman alludes to Ernest Hemingway's... More
Arabian nights Ed Valtman '61 - Drawing. Public domain image.
Editorial cartoon shows Egyptian President Gamal Nasser trying to prevent a beautiful Arab girl in traditional harem dress, labeled "Syria," from escaping from his tent (labeled "U.A.R."). In 1958, in the inte... More
Chinese dragon breathing fire on Soviet bear
Cartoon shows a huge dragon (labeled "China") with Mao Zedong's head breathing flames on a bear labeled with a hammer and sickle. Relations between the Soviet Union and China, the two great Communist superpowe... More
Idi Amin - Engraving, Public domain image
Caricature shows Idi Amin, President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979 as a bloated, powerful figure in military dress covered with medals and insignia, holding a sceptor, and crowned by a small head with heavy featu... More
The new religion - A black and white drawing of a crowd of people
Chinese leader Mao Zedong inaugurated the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in August, 1966. It was was intended as a means of restoring the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. Mao's own personality cult took... More
Agnew - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, standing before a microphone, holding an axe behind his back. Agnew was well known for his controversial speeches attacking liberals and anti-war demonstrators. He... More
'I can't believe my eyes' - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin, resting on a cloud labeled "Communist Paradise," looking down in dismay at Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev leading a funeral procession bearing a c... More
Agreed -- not to use the sword - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin examining a huge knot, labeled "Gordian Knot." Begin plucks at strands labeled "Israel's Security," while Sadat fingers st... More
Dis-information / Valtman '92. - Public domain portrait drawing
Editorial cartoon drawing showing hands labeled "Russia" stuffing letters that spell "Human Rights in Estonia" into a meat grinder labeled "Dis-Information" and displaying a hammer & sickle "Brand Mark"; as one... More
'I can't believe my eyes' - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin, resting on a cloud labeled "Communist Paradise," looking down in dismay at Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev leading a funeral procession bearing a c... More
'This hurts me more than it hurts you!'
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev as a dentist about to extract Cuban leader Fidel Castro's teeth, drawn as missiles. In 1962, the United States discovered that the Soviet Union was installing missi... More
By government decree every member of the commune is entitled to a priv...
Cartoon shows Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong standing behind a microphone under a flag showing the hammer and sickle, reading a proclamation to a crowd of beaten down Chinese peasants, who stand behind a r... More
Gorbachev beholds a shattered hammer and sickle
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev looking in dismay at a massive stone hammer and sickle, now shattered into many parts. One of a new breed of Soviet leaders who ascended to power in 1980s, Gorba... More
Viewing with concern - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev watching a construction site labeled "Site of the European Common Market," while his little dog (who resembles East German leader Walter Ulbricht) strains at the le... More
Bernhard i.e. Bernard Shaw - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw. Shaw's creativity not only served as a form of entertainment for the public, it also provided him an outlet to express his social and ... More
'But don't you see? If the Democratic Party is to stay young and vigor...
Cartoon shows a large group of young people of all races and ethnic groups, some with long hair, flowing mustaches, and sandals, listening to an earnest young man explain why the McGovern campaign will not supp... More
The old man and the sea - A cartoon drawing of a man in a boat
Cartoon shows Senator George McGovern as a fisherman in a small boat with the remains of a large fish, labeled "War Issue," lashed to its side, battling against high seas. Valtman alludes to Ernest Hemingway's... More
Chinese dragon breathing fire on Soviet bear
Cartoon shows a huge dragon (labeled "China") with Mao Zedong's head breathing flames on a bear labeled with a hammer and sickle. Relations between the Soviet Union and China, the two great Communist superpowe... More
Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More
'For fifty years I worked hard to keep you occupied -- You have to pay...
Cartoon shows a fat bemedaled Russian officer lecturing a defiant Estonian peasant. In 1944, Russian troops drove the Germans out of Estonia and immediately incorporated it into the Soviet Union. Fifty years ... More
Brechnev i.e. Brezhnev - Public domain photogrpaph
Caricature of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wearing a dark suit and two medals. As a Communist party official and chairman of the Presidium, he dominated the government between 1964 and his death in 1982, impl... More
'Don't look now, but I'm afraid somebody is following us'
Cartoon shows Soviet leaders Leonid Brezhnev and Aleksey Kosygin walking along a street in Moscow wearing rumpled suits and ties and generally showing their age. A dapper young man without a tie, labeled "Next... More
'For fifty years I worked hard to keep you occupied -- You have to pay...
Cartoon shows a fat bemedaled Russian officer lecturing a defiant Estonian peasant. In 1944, Russian troops drove the Germans out of Estonia and immediately incorporated it into the Soviet Union. Fifty years ... More
Goldwater Republicanism or Rockefeller Republicanism
Cartoon shows the GOP elephant standing on the white line in the middle of the road, thumbing a ride in both directions. One lane is labeled "Goldwater Republicanism"; the other is labeled "Rockefeller Republi... More
The hour has come -- let it not be missed
Cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat standing on either side of an enormous hour glass, each staring at the sand pouring into the bottom half. The top half, which is ... More
'Don't start a fight. I love you and I want to settle this thing peace...
Editorial cartoon shows a man attacking a young woman in a wooded area. He tears at her clothing as she uses her knee to resist his assault. She is about to strike her attacker with her shoe. The young woman,... More
Mao Zedong - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of a smiling Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Mao rose from humble origins to become chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and main founder of the People's Republic of China. As a young man he... More
Brechnev i.e. Brezhnev - Public domain photogrpaph
Caricature of Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev wearing a dark suit and two medals. As a Communist party official and chairman of the Presidium, he dominated the government between 1964 and his death in 1982, impl... More
'He isn't even looking this way!'
Cartoon shows three Arabs, standing on a rock labeled "Arab Baghdad Summit," angrily offering a bag labeled "Arab Oil Money" to Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, who rides by on a donkey. Sadat ignores them as ... More
'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunit...
Cartoon shows Russian nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov being led away in handcuffs (made up of the five Olympic rings) by two burly policemen. In the foreground, Soviet leader Leonid Br... More
Here we go again - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows the Democratic donkey and the GOP elephant as competing organ grinders, each with a monkey begging for "Votes." The organs are actually television sets, one showing the head of the Democratic pre... More
'OK, I'm ready and willing to carry this out'
Cartoon shows the white Southern Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith, talking to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Smith is preparing to transfer water from a full barrel labeled "White Minority Rule" to an em... More
Better relations through trade - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows two groups of men huddled in trench coats and slouch hats meeting midway on a bridge. The man leading the first group is labeled "Abel"; the man leading the second is labeled "Powers." Francis G... More
'OK, I'm ready and willing to carry this out'
Cartoon shows the white Southern Rhodesia Prime Minister Ian Smith, talking to Secretary of State Henry Kissinger. Smith is preparing to transfer water from a full barrel labeled "White Minority Rule" to an em... More
Mao Zedong - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of a smiling Communist Chinese leader Mao Zedong. Mao rose from humble origins to become chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and main founder of the People's Republic of China. As a young man he... More
By government decree every member of the commune is entitled to a priv...
Cartoon shows Chinese Communist leader Mao Zedong standing behind a microphone under a flag showing the hammer and sickle, reading a proclamation to a crowd of beaten down Chinese peasants, who stand behind a r... More
Agreed -- not to use the sword - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin examining a huge knot, labeled "Gordian Knot." Begin plucks at strands labeled "Israel's Security," while Sadat fingers st... More
Agnew - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of Vice President Spiro T. Agnew, standing before a microphone, holding an axe behind his back. Agnew was well known for his controversial speeches attacking liberals and anti-war demonstrators. He... More
Gee! Anbody i.e. anybody seen the head?
Cartoon shows Republican National Committee Chairman William Miller astride an elephant missing its head. Suggests the lack of direction in the Republican party after Richard Nixon, who had lost to John F. Ken... More
Viewing with concern - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev watching a construction site labeled "Site of the European Common Market," while his little dog (who resembles East German leader Walter Ulbricht) strains at the le... More
The new religion - A black and white drawing of a crowd of people
Chinese leader Mao Zedong inaugurated the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in August, 1966. It was was intended as a means of restoring the spirit of the Chinese Revolution. Mao's own personality cult took... More
Rifle (gun lobby) aimed at fallen figure (gun bill)
Cartoon shows a smoking gun (labeled "Gun Lobby") set up as a booby trap on a table labeled "House Judiciary Committee." A body (feet and legs shown only) labeled "Gun Bill," lies in the doorway. In March 197... More
Bernhard i.e. Bernard Shaw - Drawing. Public domain image.
Caricature of Irish playwright and Nobel Prize winner George Bernard Shaw. Shaw's creativity not only served as a form of entertainment for the public, it also provided him an outlet to express his social and ... More
'But don't you see? If the Democratic Party is to stay young and vigor...
Cartoon shows a large group of young people of all races and ethnic groups, some with long hair, flowing mustaches, and sandals, listening to an earnest young man explain why the McGovern campaign will not supp... More
Getting it out of his system Ed. Valtman
Editorial cartoon drawing shows the Republican elephant, seasick, leaning over the stern of a ship labeled "Ship of State" where he has vomited "McCarthyism" onto the waves below. Signed on lower right. Publis... More
The flights at night - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows little men, labeled "Foreign officials," running to catch briefcases full of money being dropped by parachutes labeled "Northrop" and "Lockheed Aircraft." In 1976, an investigation revealed that ... More
'We want the Olympics to be a pure sporting event -- not an opportunit...
Cartoon shows Russian nuclear physicist and Nobel Prize winner Andrei Sakharov being led away in handcuffs (made up of the five Olympic rings) by two burly policemen. In the foreground, Soviet leader Leonid Br... More
The hour has come -- let it not be missed
Cartoon shows Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Egyptian leader Anwar Sadat standing on either side of an enormous hour glass, each staring at the sand pouring into the bottom half. The top half, which is ... More
The flights at night - Drawing. Public domain image.
Cartoon shows little men, labeled "Foreign officials," running to catch briefcases full of money being dropped by parachutes labeled "Northrop" and "Lockheed Aircraft." In 1976, an investigation revealed that ... More