WittyWorld Lectures, Speaking Engagements

THE IMAGE OF AMERICA • COMPARING CULTURES • FITTING IN: AMERICA'S 60 MILLION IMMIGRANTS • UNDERSTANDING COMMUNISM • THE HISTORY OF CARTOON ART • SYMBOLISM • CARTOON GENRES • PLAGIARISM • EDITORIAL-POLITICAL CARTOONING • CARICATURES • THE ROLE OF A CARTOONIST • THE POWER OF IMAGES • CENSORSHIP • CARTOON MARKETS • SYNDICATION • GENERATING IDEAS • HUMOROUS PHOTOGRAPHY • CARTOONOMETER: TAKING THE PULSE OF THE WORLD'S CARTOONISTS • THE EDITOR

THE HISTORY OF CARTOON ART

From the first distorted paintings by British and Flemish masters to Joseph Keppler and Thomas Nast's establishment of modern day American editorial and political cartooning, to some of the best examples of contemporary trends.

This cartoon byJoseph Keppler, one of 19th century America's pioneer political cartoonists,
appeared in Puck around the late 1870s.