From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A sailor sitting on a Soviet submarine is fishing with a "hammer and sickle" hook near the Falkland Islands.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large bear labeled "U.S.S.R." is sitting on a branch up in a tree. Both paws and its muzzle are covered in honey that is labeled, "Hungary...Afghanistan...Czechoslovakia."...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large bear with the hammer and sickle symbol on its chest growls angrily as, with one front leg, it swats at and strikes a commercial airliner [KAL 007]. The airplane is falling out...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam and another man [Soviet?], each carrying briefcases, stand facing two large doors. One door is labeled "Start...Strategic arms talks," and the other is labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Soviet official with a star on his chest walks into a room and catches a second man watching the Olympics on television. A cityscape [Moscow?] can be seen outside the window....
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Stampone. In the first of three frames, a uniformed Soviet soldier under a sign that reads "Soviet's 3 stage troop cut plan" is packing clothing into a footlocker labeled "Pack." In the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Hy Rosen. Leonid Brezhnev stands on the 1st place platform of an Olympic-style awards podium wearing a medal labeled "50% more land-based missiles." An arm with a spike collar on the wrist...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Jack Jurden. A weather forecaster stands before a large poster of the globe and uses a pointer to indicate areas of weather as he talks. Smiling suns are shown in several places, also rain...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev is dressed as a doctor and has a small badge with hammer and sickle on his shirt. He is in a hospital ward with three beds labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by John Collins. Five of six panels show world leaders reading newspaper headlines of Lyndon Johnson's decision not to seek reelection in 1968. Canada's Lester B. Pearson says, "Those Americans!...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by John Knudsen. A bird labeled "Czechoslovakia" is trying to fly, but a man's hand has caught hold of the bird's tail feathers and is preventing flight. The sleeve of the man is labeled "USSR."...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan stand before a large graph on the wall that is labeled, "U.S.-Soviet relations." Both men look dismayed. The graph line trends up at first, then...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Roy Peterson. Uncle Sam is in the process of shoveling rock out of the bottom of a deep hole that he has dug in a cliff face. His digging has left a precarious, barely supported tower of rock,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Merle Cunnington. A large hammer and sickle symbol is in the center of the cartoon. The hammer portion is drawn to resemble a vise, and Father Time is tightening the bolt of the vice. Under the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Cuban leader Fidel Castro rides in a Jeep with a man labeled "Soviets" as they drive along a road leading into a jungle. The road is labeled "Central American inroads." The Jeep...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is standing at the edge of a landmass (United States), and the U.S. Capitol dome is seen behind him under a night sky with a moon (left side of the cartoon). At...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. On a map of Eastern Europe, the Soviet Union is shaped like a bear. Its mouth is open and beginning to eat Poland. A Soviet star is placed in the bear's forehead. The cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev leans toward a man holding a paper labeled, "Polish Party Congress." Brezhnev whispers, "Did you hear the one about the Russian who couldn't stand any more...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Vic Runtz. A small man and woman stand in front of a castle labeled "Czechoslovakia" waving a sign labeled "Soviets, go home!" at a giant bear. The bear growls menacingly. Runtz's signature cat...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson and Leonid Brezhnev are in drag strip cars shaped like nuclear missiles. Each car has the atomic symbol near the nose of the rocket shape. The cars are side by...