From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governors Dave Treen and Edwin Edwards carry between them a large plate of glass labeled, "Handle with care...$136 million income tax increase...Fragile."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Uncle Sam, dressed as a miner, is standing beside a mine cart and pick-axe outside the entrance of a mine. Inside is the mine shaft, and from the entrance extends the railway on...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men dressed as railroad engineers are sitting on top of a railway car that is part of a longer train. The car, labeled "85-day regular session," is the next to last, followed by the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels, and both sides are labeled "Beirut" on the ground at the bottom. In the left panel, a U.S. Army truck labeled "Peacekeepers" travels toward Beirut...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen and two other men are running toward the double doors in a large building. Above the doors is a large sign that reads, "Big Charity emergency...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is driving a trolley and ringing the bell. The trolley is labeled "National transit systems" on its side, and the sign on the front is "Budget cut-backs." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men labeled "Arkansas" and "Louisiana" are planning tennis with a ball labeled "Creationism." The man labeled Arkansas slams the ball, standing close to the net, and the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is labeled "Dutch Reagan" and is dressed in the clothing, cap, and wooden shoes reminiscent of the boy in the Hans Brinker story. Reagan stands before a high wall...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana governor Dave Treen, dressed as a farmer, is standing in his plowed rows. Behind him is a sign in a row labeled "State needs $." Treen is holding a large book labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground, a man holding a newspaper is standing in front of his house, which is labeled "Public." A second man stands in front of another building, labeled "Business." Both men...
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 long tractor trailer truck and a short cargo truck are travelling on a road that skirts the base of a cliff wall. The large truck is being driven by Ronald Reagan and is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Iran’s Ayatollah Khomeini and Iraq’s Saddam Hussein each hold a lit bomb and are prepared to throw it at the other man. They are hiding behind oil storage tanks labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant with a chain around its neck and a dog tag that reads "Jumbo" is labeled "$5.2 billlion general appropriations bill" across its back. Four men stand around Jumbo, and at...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Walter Mondale, skiing down a slope, has hit a tree. Gary Hart (with a heart on his sweater), skiing down without incident, is smiling at Mondale.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A huge pothole in a New Orleans city street is labeled "Needs." Other potholes are nearby, and the cityscape is in the background. A man with a hard hat is driving a dump truck...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is in a room labeled "Reagan lab" and he is wearing a white lab coat. He is standing under a sign that reads, "Pledges to cut taxes, hike defense spending and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is sitting at a desk looking worried. On his desk is a huge book with several bookmarks, the largest labeled "Deficit." Behind Reagan on the wall, the portrait of...
