From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is sitting in an armchair in a home setting reading the newspaper. Above the electrical outlet on the nearby wall is a jagged dollar sign that resembles electrical...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man in suit and top hat (diplomat?) is standing on a spinning globe with a nuclear warhead on top. He holds a briefcase labeled, "N-talks." The cartoon caption reads, "'Round...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A croupier with "Allen" on a name badge watches a roulette wheel covered in water spin around under a spotlight. Some of the water is spilling out. A sign reads, "'Round and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bear in a Soviet military uniform is behind a wall at the Kremlin in Moscow. He tries unsuccessfully to catch a boomerang as it flies past him, striking him on the head. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. In the top panel, labeled "Two years ago," a man labeled "City council" stands at a podium and points with his index finger while saying, "We must...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large man smoking a cigar and cleaning his fingernails with a knife is sitting behind an office desk with his feet up on the desk. A sign on the desk reads "La.'s political...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man is sitting in an armchair holding a telephone receiver to his ear. The voice on the other line is saying, "This is a recording...bet you're confused, phone-users...stand...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A map of the United States is filled in with the grid lines of a graph (or chart) and is labeled "College entrance test scores." The graph line runs from West Coast to East...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed as Napoleon descends a staircase toward a living room. He wears a uniform with epaulets, and his hand is tucked inside his jacket. In the upstairs room is a woman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A teacher is sitting at her desk in a classroom and appears dazed. Around her head are circular marks labeled "Test scores...Facility decay...Discipline." On the desk is a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An overweight man dressed in jogging clothes and labeled "Deficit" runs in the Washington City Classic. Behind him struggling to catch up are several men. One has an elephant...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "City Council" is holding a large book with "$254 million budget" in large letters on the cover. It has three patched areas on the front cover, labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits in a chair in his living room, a television in front and a tray of snacks beside him. His wife is in the doorway behind him, and she says, "It may be Super Bowl...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Louisiana politician stands under an approaching dark grey cloud and cuts his eyes toward the cloud. Jagged lightning is labeled "Earnings tax." The man says, "I wasn't...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man and woman sit in their living room, both looking a little dazed. A box of Mardi Gras beads is on the floor between them. On the sofa beside the wife are a Mardi Gras mask...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "La. municipalities" holds a large cigarette pack labeled "Tobacco tax." Smoke rising from the box is labeled "State dedication tampering." The man looks up with...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A naked man labeled "Fiscal facts" across his back shivers as he stands in water only up to his ankles. The water [Gulf of Mexico?] is labeled "State revenues down," and in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men dressed as American and British Army generals fire cannons at each other from close range. The British general wears a wig, and his coat is labeled "Counci.l" Between...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The Berlin Cathedral clock tower, behind a series of walls, has a weathervane at the top, labeled "East-West relations." The weathervane is pointing toward the Kremlin in...
