List of Political Cartoons for Multimodal Semiotic Analysis of Evaluative Meanings
VIETSCAR. Vietnam Scar.
A view of US President L B Johnson during the
Vietnam War showing off to the press a surgical scar (an actual
event), but with the shape of the scar changed to resemble an
outline map of Vietnam.
FIRE. Liberty's Fire.
A man climbs a ladder with a bucket of water to put
out a fire -- in the torch of the Statue of Liberty.
NIXON. Nix-Con. Nixon Standing on
the Constitution.
A view of US President R M Nixon during the
Watergate Crisis, showing him clutching tape-recordings sought by
the courts as evidence against him, while appearing to stand on
the U.S. Constitution.
BLACK. Not All Black.
US President L B Johnson and his Secretary of
Defense, Robert McNamara, view a black-and-white, moire-patterned
"map" of South Vietnam during the Vietnam War.
PEACE. Peace Sign.
A view of US President William Clinton presenting
Prime Minister Netanyahu of Israel and Palestinian leader Yasser
Arafat, who are gesturing over one another's heads.
SNOOPY. Cuba vs. Snoopy.
Popular US children's cartoon character Snoopy, in
his persona as a World War I military pilot (of his flying
doghouse), pursued by a modern military jet-fighter with two
Cuban pilots.
Note: All of these cartoons are published copyrighted works.