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Herblock: see Block, Herbert Lawrence Block, Herbert Lawrence, 1909–2001, American editorial cartoonist known as Herblock, b. Chicago. A superb stylist and generally a political liberal, Herblock began drawing cartoons (1929–33) for the Chicago Daily News, ..... Click the link for more information. . Herblockorig. Herbert Lawrence Block(born Oct. 13, 1909, Chicago, Ill., U.S.—died Oct. 7, 2001, Washington, D.C.) U.S. editorial cartoonist. He first published his cartoons in the Chicago Daily News (1929). Later he worked for the Newspaper Enterprise Association (1933–43) and the Washington Post (from 1946). A leading spokesman for liberalism, he attacked injustices in politics, big business, industry, labour, and economics throughout his 70-year career. He is best known for his 1950s cartoons attacking Senator Joseph McCarthy. The winner of three Pulitzer Prizes (1942, 1954, 1979), Herblock received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1994. Herblock See Block, Herbert (Lawrence). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Here the reader will find first the complete text of the Constitution; secondly, a phrase-by-phrase explanation of the intention and history of the document complete with vocabulary in the side margin; and thirdly, inset pictures and quotations across more than 200 years of reaction and commentary ranging from Benjamin Franklin to Charlton Heston, from John Marshall to Sandra Day O'Connor, from Herblock to Boondocks. My late and much loved friend, the cartoonist Herblock, wrote me that he had the same experience and was similarly mystified. The 1990s have become what cartoonist Herblock calls the age of "pushdown politics. |
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