American Editorial Cartoons and Cartoonists:

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The Art of the News: Comics Journalism is a 2021 exhibit at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, University of Oregon which says: "At a time of eroded public faith in traditional news media, comics journalism has emerged as a powerful antidote to the dissemination of inaccurate information and fake news. Practitioners in this field re-assert the ethical value of truth-telling, while at the same time foregrounding the inevitably subjective dimensions involved in any act of witnessing."  Accessed 11/21

INSIGHTS & OUTSIGHTS: The Collages and Cartoons of Paul Darrow was a 2013 exhibit at Claremont Museum of Art which said: "He began submitting cartoons to the Claremont Courier when Martin Weinberger purchased the paper in 1954 and soon created a devoted fan base in the community. Darrow used his attention to detail to create thousands of cartoons, representing his interpretation of the social and political atmosphere of the time." Accessed 10/16

The More that Things Change, The More They Stay the Same: The Political Cartoons of Bruce Shanks from the 1960-70s, an exhibit held October 23, 2010 - May 29, 2011 at Burchfield - Penney Art Center. Accessed May, 2014

Oliphant: Editorial Cartoons and the American Presidency, 1968-2012, an exhibit held October 30-December 9, 2012 at the Middlebury College Museum of Art. Accessed February, 2015.

Slinging Satire: Masters of Political Cartoons, an exhibit held October 9, 2014 - April 12, 2015 at the Cartoon Art Museum, San Francisco. Accessed December, 2015.

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