The looming extinction of political cartooning – a matter of thin skins

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  Bill Mauldin cartoon

  Cartoon from Pulitzer-winner and WWII serviceman Bill Mauldin.

  (Bill Mauldin /Stars and Stripes)
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  Clifford K. Berryman

  Cartoon by Pulitzer-winner Clifford K. Berryman.
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  Rick Friday cartoon

  Iowa-based Farm News, fired Rick Friday in 2016 after a seed firm withdrew its advertising in protest over this cartoon. Friday was rehired 60 days later, but the damage was already done.
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  William Hogarth cartoon

  Hogarth’s rake.
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  James Gillray cartoon

  James Gillray’s cartoon, “The Plumb-Pudding in Danger.”
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  Benjamin Franklin’s woodcarving

  Benjamin Franklin’s woodcarving “Join, or Die.”
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  Thomas Nast cartoon

  Thomas Nast’s cartoon, “The Brains.”