Brooks. David (Editor)

The Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1978 Edition

ISBN: 0882891928
Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. Signed by Charles Brooks. “A pictorial history of the year’s major developments, this collection of more than 360 editorial cartoons focuses the spotlight on those stories that claimed banner treatment in newspapers around the world. Included are such intriguing issues as the travails of the Carter Administration, the Bert Lance affair, the cash-and-carry Korean scandal, the antics of Brother Billy Carter, a balky U.S. Congress, and the free-wheeling diplomacy of United Nations Ambassador Andrew Young. Without a doubt, the year seemed tailor-made for editorial cartoonists everywhere.”--From inside front cover of dust jacket. Offered today is the 1978 edition of Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year edited by Charles Brooks (1920–2011). Brooks was an editorial cartoonist for The Birmingham News in Birmingham, Alabama, where he first came to prominence denouncing/criticizing the Ku Klux Klan which had a number of powerful supporters at the time. Cutting his teeth and making his career in editorial cartoons, Brooks would go on to serve as president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists in 1969 and edited an annual volume of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year since 1972 for Pelican Books. This particular volume is the sixth in the series of annuals, and pays particular tribute to Cy Hungerford (1889–1983) of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who had delighted readers with his cartoons for 74 years before retiring in 1977. Twenty-six of 1977’s major issues and events are explored in depth by these talented artists, among whom are numbered dozens of award winners, including Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonists. A wonderful collection of political cartoons and satire, Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year: 1978 Edition is a volume that any appreciator of satire or cartoons would be loath to go without. Signed in thin gold ink at title page by Charles Brooks an inscription reads: “To Bill Plumb–with best wishes, Charles Brooks.” Hardcover in unclipped dust jacket. First edition though not explicated as such at copyright page, presumed first printing though similarly not explicated thereon. Book is in near fine condition with moderate wear to fine edges, some pen markings on first paste-down page, a corner of top-left of end past-down page along with date stamps and library card holder from “Shelter Rock Public Library” (where previous owner presumably purchased the book”; dust jacket is in fine-near-fine condition with moderate wear to fine edges, smudging to front and back covers, and some discolorations/sun-toning to front and back covers due to age. Fine / Near Fine. [Item #7299]

Price: $65.00