http://www.metafilter.com/tags/herblock Posts tagged with 'herblock' at MetaFilter. Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:27:15 -0800 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:27:15 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/55939/Enduring%2DOutrage%2DEditorial%2DCartoons%2Dby%2DHerblock <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/herblock-home.html">Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by Herblock,</a> an LOC exhibition. From <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb006.jpg">1950s plutocrats</a> to <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb008.jpg">1970s ethics scandals</a>, and up to the <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb011.jpg">ideal American Flag of the religious Right</a>, Block captured complex issues in just one frame. His drawings about <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb021.jpg">government limitations</a> of <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb022.jpg">civil liberties</a> seem particularly <a href="http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/treasures/images/hb023.jpg">prescient</a>. tag:metafilter.com,2006:site.55939 Tue, 31 Oct 2006 11:27:15 -0800 cartooning cartoons editorialcartoons herblock OmieWise http://www.metafilter.com/11212/ <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23022-2001Oct7.html">Herblock coined "McCarthyism."</a> Longtime Washington Post cartoonist Herbert Block dies at 91. Wielding independence through his sketches, the artist who gave President Richard Nixon five o'clock shadow won three Pulitzer prizes and the admiration of loyal readers. Don't miss "Five Decades of Herblock" cartoons and essays. tag:metafilter.com,2001:site.11212 Mon, 08 Oct 2001 05:27:08 -0800 cartoon herblock mccarthyism obit Carol Anne