Amazon.com Herbert Block， or Herblock， as he is more commonly known， has been an editorial cartoonist for the Washington Post since 1945. A Cartoonist's Life reproduces 250 of his best cartoons from those years (along with some from his earlier stints in Chicago and Cleveland)， skewering politicians from Hoover and FDR to Clinton and Gingrich. Herblock also offers his candid reflections on life in the newspaper trade， rubbing shoulders with the people he drew， including the evaluation offered by Lyndon Johnson at a White House reception: "Oh， he'll come over and eat your cookies， but then he'll go back and draw a cartoon giving you hell the next day." Herblock's always been willing to choose giving the objects of his criticism hell over the easy laugh， as many of the grimmer cartoons on subjects like antigun control lobbyists and the Bosnian conflict attest. The paperback edition includes added material going up to July 1998 addressing campaign finance reform， the unfinished war in Iraq， and the political showdown between President Clinton and independent prosecutor Kenneth Starr. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. From Publishers Weekly The prize-winning Washington Post editorial cartoonist Herblock is feared by erring politicians and admired by others for his humorous and pointed drawings on issues of the day. Along with 200 examples of his graphic style and ingenious ideas (Nixon holding the GOP elephant hostage， Carter viewing his own "Fuzzy" TV image， Ollie North turning shredded evidence into lucrative contracts)， the artist here engagingly recalls a baseball-and-trolley-car Chicago boyhood followed by his start as a poorly paid cartoonist， a career which ultimately won him nation-wide recognition. Block includes hard-hitting capsule histories of Nixon， Reagan and Bush administration scandals he chronicled. His quietly told press corps anecdotes， such as helping a colleague authenticate a letter from President Truman， his insider bits on the famous and descriptions of correspondence he has received from people he has criticized are all pure delight. Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information， Inc. See all Editorial Reviews