Political Humor in American Society

Presentation

• Political Humor in American Society, Amerika Haus, Lehrerfortbildung vom 23.09.2011 (pdf)

General further reading

• Dewey, Donald. The Art of Ill Will. 2007 (Amerika Haus)
• Foreign Policy Association. A Cartoon History of United States Foreign Policy. 1975 (Amerika Institut)
• Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoonists Index

Thomas Nast

• Harper's Weekly
• Thomas Nast Porfolio
• Cartoons of Thomas Nast: Reconstruction, Chinese Immigration, Native Americans, Gilded Era
• Nativism and Bigotry: Thomas Nast
• The Christmas Visions of Thomas Nast
• Thomas Nast: Ein Landauer, der amerikanische Geschichte zeichnete und machte. 1977 (Amerika Institut)
• Vinson, J. Chal. Thomas Nast: Political Cartoonist. 1967 (Amerika Institut)

Theodor Geisel (Dr. Seuss)

• A Catalog of Political Cartoons by Dr. Seuss

Bill Mauldin

• Bill Mauldin: Beyond Willie And Joe, An online tribute drawn from the collections of the Library of Congress

Walt Kelly's Pogo

• Kelly, Walt. Pogo Re-Runs: Some Reflections on Elections. 1974 (Amerika Institut)

Herblock

• Enduring Outrage: Editorial Cartoons by HERBLOCK
• Block, Herbert. Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life. 1993 (Amerika Institut)

Tom Lehrer

• Who's Next?
• We Will All Go Together
• Wernher von Braun
• Send the Marines
• Pollution
• The Vatican Rag
• National Brotherhood Week

Doonesbury

• www.doonesbury.com
• Trudeau, Gary. Doonesbury Deluxe. 1987 (Amerika Institut)
• Trudeau, Gary. Flashbacks: Twenty-Five Years of Doonesbury. 1995 (Amerika Institut)

Tom Toles

• Washington Post

College Humor

• Sarah Palin Disney Movie Trailer

The Colbert Report

• Colbert Nation Website (with episodes)

The Simpsons, Family Guy, American Dad

• sorry, no links. Amerika Haus has several seasons of the Simpsons on DVD, but for more recent ones you will have to get creative

JibJab

• JibJab Originals (includes This Land, He's Barack Obama and others)