Enduring Outrage:

Editorial Cartoons by HERBLOCK

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Middle East

Explain slowly (16)

"Explain slowly--what does he need all those weapons for, and why does he need nuclear reactors?"
Published in The Washington Post, March 20, 1975.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite and blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (16)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11980
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12406 and ppmsca-12407

"This'll show everyone ..." (17)

"This'll show everyone how tough we are"
Published in The Washington Post, May 24, 1967.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing with graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (17)
Digital ID# ppmsca-11981
Rough Sketch Digital ID# ppmsca-12408 and ppmsca-12409

"'I think it's better if the Iranians ..." (18)

"'I think it's better if the Iranians go to bed every night wondering what we might do' --Reagan"
Published in The Washington Post, May 29, 1987.
Ink, crayon, tonal film overlay, overlays, and porous point pen over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (18)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11982
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12410

"It came from out of nowhere" (19)

"It came from out of nowhere"
Published in The Washington Post, November 2, 1956.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (19)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11983

Privacy/Security

"This will make him a fine, useful animal" (21)

"This will make him a fine, useful animal"
Published in The Washington Post, July 20, 1961.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Quote from Straight Herblock(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1964).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (21)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11985

The Recording Angels (22)

The Recording Angels
Published in The Washington Post, March 14, 1955.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Quote from Herblock's Here and Now
(New York: Simon and Schuster, 1955).
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (22)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11986

Personal Profile (23)

Personal Profile
Published in The Washington Post, January 12, 1977.
Ink, crayon, porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (23)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11987
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12412

"To preserve secrecy ..." (24)

"To preserve secrecy we overclassify lots more material . . . resulting in
Published in The Washington Post, June 7, 1985.
Ink, crayon, porous point pen, and opaque white over blue pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketch.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (24)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11988
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12411

War

The streams are running again ... (26)

The streams are running again in Scandinavia, the little streams of Norway
[ca. 1940]. Published by NEA Service, Inc.
Ink, ink wash, crayon, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (26)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11990

"Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow" (27)

". . . Out, out, brief candle! Life's but a walking shadow . . ."
Published in The Washington Post, May 14, 1963.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (27)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11991
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12413 and ppmsca-12414

American Doubt about the Vietnam War (28)

American Doubt about the Vietnam War
[Uncle Sam carrying an M-16 rifle].
Published in The Washington Post, January 28, 1968.
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (28)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11992

Bosnia (29)

Bosnia
Published in The Washington Post, January 13, 1993.
Ink, crayon, porous point pen, overlay, and opaque white over blue and red pencil underdrawing accompanied by graphite sketches.
Herbert L. Block Collection
Prints and Photographs Division (29)
Digital ID # ppmsca-11993
Rough Sketch Digital ID # ppmsca-12415 and ppmsca-12416

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