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
'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
'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
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
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
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
'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
'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
'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
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
'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
'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
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
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
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
'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 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