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“Naughty, Naughty”

“Carry On, Lads” (33)

“Carry On, Lads”

“Carry On, Lads,” 1954 
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
October 7, 1954
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (33.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19986

“Everything’s [Not] Okay”

“Nah, You Ain’t Got Enough Edjiccashun to Vote” (34)

“Nah, You Ain’t Got Enough Edjiccashun to Vote”

“Nah, You Ain’t Got Enough Edjiccashun to Vote,” 1958
Graphite, ink, opaque white, and overlays over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, December 10, 1958
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (34.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19987

Race (35)

Race

Race, 1968
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, May 28, 1968
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (35.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19989

Washington D.C., June 1963 (36)

Washington D.C., June 1963

Washington D.C., June 1963, 1963
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, June 13, 1963
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (36.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19990

Man’s Reach (37)

Man’s Reach

Man’s Reach, 1968
Ink, graphite, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, December 26, 1968
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (37.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19991

The Mini-and-Maxi Era (38)

The Mini-and-Maxi Era

The Mini-and-Maxi Era, 1969
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, December 18, 1969
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (38.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19992

“As Nearly As We Can Translate . . .” (39)

“As Nearly As We Can Translate . . .”

“As Nearly As We Can Translate, It Says: ‘We Are Agreed in Principle on Controlling the Increase of Nuclear Weapons. However . . .’,” 1965
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, November 10, 1965
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (39.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19993

“Everything’s Okay—They Never Reached the Mimeograph Machine” (40)

“Everything’s Okay—They Never Reached the Mimeograph Machine”

“Everything’s Okay—They Never Reached the Mimeograph Machine,” 1967
Graphite and ink over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, February 1, 1968
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (40.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19994

“A Cup of Black Powder and a Few Rounds . . .” (41)

“A Cup of Black Powder and a Few Rounds . . .”

“A Cup of Black Powder and a Few Rounds of Ammo? Certainly, Neighbor,” 1970
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, October 8, 1970
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (41.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-19995

“Here He Comes Now”

“We Got To Burn the Devils Out Of Her” (42)

“We Got To Burn the Devils Out Of Her”

“We Got To Burn the Devils Out Of Her,” 1948
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post as “We Got to Burn the Evil Spirits Out of Her,” May 15, 1948
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (42.00.00)
LC-DIG-hlb-01941

“Here He Comes Now” (43)

“Here He Comes Now”

“Here He Comes Now,” 1954
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, October 29, 1954
Loan courtesy of The Washington Post Company (43.00.00)

“Who Would Think of Doing Such a Thing?” (44)

“Who Would Think of Doing Such a Thing?”

“Who Would Think of Doing Such a Thing?” 1972
Graphite and ink over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, June 20, 1972 
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (44.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-20000

“We Broke the Law? We Are the Law!” (45)

“We Broke the Law? We Are the Law!”

“We Broke the Law? We Are the Law!” 1978
Graphite, ink, porous point pen, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, April 16, 1978
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (45.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21941

“I Am Authorized to Say ‘What Whale?’” (46)

“I Am Authorized to Say ‘What Whale?’”

“I Am Authorized to Say ‘What Whale?’” 1973
Graphite, ink, opaque white, and overlays over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, June 5, 1973
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (46.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-04895

“Here I Am, Copper” (47)

“Here I Am, Copper”

“Here I Am, Copper,” 1973
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, July 27, 1973
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (47.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21942

Bubble Dance (48)

Bubble Dance

Bubble Dance, 1974
Graphite and ink over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, June 6, 1974
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (48.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21943

Position of Moral Leadership (49)

Position of Moral Leadership

Position of Moral Leadership, 1974
Graphite, ink, and opaque white over blue pencil and graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, April 13, 1974
Prints and Photographs, Library of Congress (49.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21944

“It Gets Into Everything”

Yasser Arafat (50)

Yasser Arafat

[Yasser Arafat looking in mirror], 1975
Graphite, ink, opaque white, and overlays over graphite underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, November 13, 1975
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (50.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21945

“—Or I Might Wear This One—” (51)

“—Or I Might Wear This One—”

“—Or I Might Wear This One—,” 1983
Graphite, porous point pen, ink, opaque white, and overlays over blue pencil underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, April 20, 1983
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (51.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21946

Qaddafi, Hussein, Assad, and Khomeini (52)

Qaddafi, Hussein, Assad, and Khomeini

[Qaddafi, Hussein, Assad, and Khomeini each thinking of “the bomb”], 1984
Graphite, porous point pen, ink, opaque white, and overlays over blue pencil underdrawing
Published in the Washington Post, April 20, 1984
Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (52.00.00)
LC-DIG-ppmsca-21947

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