Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1974

Take 139 leading editorial
cartoonists from the United States and Canada, inspire their creative talents
with the major political issues of 1973, and the result is this provocative
pictorial history of one of the Twentieth Century�s most tumultuous years.

This, the second volume of the
series, features the graphic commentary of virtually every major editorial
cartoonist working in North America today, including twelve Pulitzer Prize
winners. Topics range from Watergate, the energy crisis, and America�s returning
POWs, to a score of other events and issues.

The 375 editorial cartoons
contained in this work�at once biting, perceptive, and humorous�represent the
most outstanding examples of the art from a variety of media�newspapers,
magazines, television, and cartoon syndicates�and reflect a broad range of
political thought and conviction. Liberal and conservative, radical and
middle-of-the-road�virtually every political philosophy finds expression within
these pages.

The revelations of Watergate, of
course, provided a fertile field of ideas for every editorial cartoonist during
1973, and some of this year�s outstanding works focused upon this and related
topics. Many other issues, however, also claimed the attention of the general
public and of editorial cartoonists as well: the emotion-packed return of
hundreds of American POWs following years of imprisonment in North Vietnamese
jails; the new war in the Middle East; President Nixon�s battles with Congress
and the press; the precedent-setting resignation of Vice President Spiro Agnew;
and a new trend in U.S. Supreme Court decisions concerning obscenity and
pornography.

As in the previous editions, this
volume is edited by Charles Brooks, former president of the Association of
American Editorial Cartoonists and winner of numerous awards for cartooning
excellence.