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Casualties from the War on Free Expression
W. W. Norton
March 2007
On Sale: March 13, 2007
224 pages
ISBN: 0393329240
EAN: 9780393329247
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Non-Fiction
One hundred political cartoons you wanted to see, but
weren't allowed to: all were banned for being too hot to handle. Think you live in a society with a free press? These
celebrated cartoonists and illustrators found out otherwise.
Whether blasting Bush for his "Bring 'em on!" speech,
spanking pedophile priests, questioning capital punishment,
debating the disputed 2000 election, or just mocking
baseball mascots, they learned that newspapers and magazines
increasingly play it safe by suppressing satire. With censored cartoons, many unpublished, by the likes of
Garry Trudeau, Doug Marlette, Paul Conrad, Mike Luckovich,
Matt Davies, and Ted Rall (all Pulitzer Prize winners or
finalists), as well as unearthed editorial illustrations by
Norman Rockwell, Edward Sorel, Anita Kunz, Marshall Arisman,
and Steve Brodner, you will find yourself surprised and
often shocked by the images themselves—and outraged by the
fact that a fearful editor kept you from seeing them. Needed
now more than ever because of a neutered press that's more
lapdog than watchdog, Killed Cartoons will make you laugh,
make you angry, and make you think. 100 illustrations.
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