Kartun editorial

Kartun editorial, yang juga dikenal sebagai kartun politik, adalah sebuah ilustrasi yang berisi sebuah komentar yang biasanya berkaitan dengan peristiwa atau tokoh terkini. Artis yang menggambar gambar semacam itu dikenal sebagai kartunis editorial.

Sebuah kartun editorial dari Andrew Johnson dan Abraham Lincoln, 1865

Gambar-gambar tersebut biasanya mencampur kemampuan artistik, hiperbola dan satir dalam rangka mempertanyakan otoritas dan menggambarkan perhatian terhadap korupsi dan masalah sosial lainnya.

Bacaan tambahan

• Adler, John, and Draper Hill. Doomed by Cartoon: How Cartoonist Thomas Nast and the New York Times Brought Down Boss Tweed and His Ring of Thieves (2008) * Gocek, Fatma Muge. Political Cartoons in the Middle East: Cultural Representations in the Middle East (Princeton series on the Middle East) (1998)
• Hess, Stephen, and Sandy Northrop. American Political Cartoons, 1754-2010: The Evolution of a National Identity (2010)
• Keller, Morton. The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast (1975)
• Krauss, Jerelle. All the Art That’s Fit to Print (And Some That Wasn’t): Inside The New York Times Op-Ed Page (2009). excerptDiarsipkan 2012-12-22 di Wayback Machine. ISBN 978-0-231-13825-3
• McKenna, Kevin J. All the Views Fit to Print: Changing Images of the U.S. in 'Pravda' Political Cartoons, 1917-1991 (2001)
• Morris, Frankie. Artist of Wonderland: The Life, Political Cartoons, and Illustrations of Tenniel (Victorian Literature and Culture Series) (2005)
• Nevins, Allan. A century of political cartoons;: Caricature in the United States from 1800 to 1900 (1944)
• Press, Charles. The Political Cartoon (1981)

Pranala luar

• History of Cartoon History of Cartoon from Toons Mag
• American Association of Editorial Cartoonists Political cartoons by the members of the American Association of Editorial Cartoonists
• TED Talk: The power of cartoons
• About.com: Political Cartoons Diarsipkan 2017-01-28 di Wayback Machine. Comprehensive guide to political editorial cartoons on the Web
• Globe Cartoon: archived editorial cartoons, searchable by themes and keywords
• Using editorial cartoons in the classroom Diarsipkan 2007-12-31 di Wayback Machine. Sources, analysis, interpretation (mostly English with some German)
• Gettysburg College Civil War Era Digital Collection Diarsipkan 2009-08-11 di Wayback Machine. Contains over 300 Civil War Era political cartoons
• The Role of Puck's Cartoons in Gilded Age Politics from American Studies at the University of Virginia
• CartoonMovement.com: Political Cartoons and Comics Journalism from around the world
• Sykes Editorial Cartoon Collection Diarsipkan 2017-01-17 di Wayback Machine. Political cartoons by Bill Sykes from 1930s-1940s. VCU Libraries
• David Campbell: political cartoon collection online Diarsipkan 2016-10-09 di Wayback Machine.
• "Cartoons in American History" guide to websites