From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a desk with a "Regional Transit Authority" nameplate. He appears to be rolling up his shirt sleeves. Behind him on the wall is a large poster, the top half of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan works at a desk, writing on papers. Other papers are scattered on the floor around him. On either side of the desk are large charts on easels. One is labeled...
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 Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan sits at his desk with a worried look on his face. On his desk are two large books, labeled "Tax cuts" and "Budget cuts," a telephone, and papers labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The background of the cartoon is the grid of a chart with an upward trend line that is labeled, "Cost of living index." At the lower end of the line is a man's leg with trousers...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "N.O. taxpayer" stands before a framed painting. In the painting are a chart with a downward trend line labeled, "Flop in sales tax returns," dollar signs, jagged...
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 very large man labeled "Deficits" is underneath a hospital bed on hands and knees, as if trying to crawl under it. The bed is off the floor by several feet. The patient in the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. New Orleans mayor Victor Schiro sits at his desk and appears to be deep in thought. Behind him on the wall is a graph labeled, "City's financial status." The graph line is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Labor party" is standing outside the door of a room, looking in. Margaret Thatcher sits at a desk yelling into a megaphone, "Early election call." On the side of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon shows the gridlines of a chart and a rising trend line near the bottom labeled, "High price of everything." A man labeled "Price fixing" is running up the trend...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two graphs are on a wall, and Paul Volcker is on top of them doing a balancing act. One foot is standing on top of a graph labeled, "Pull recovery up," and his hand has hold of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Richard Nixon, dressed as a doctor, carries a large sppon and bottle of medicine labeled, "Nixon inflation medicine...Slowing pains." He is about to enter a hospital room where...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. The cartoon is divided into two panels. On the left side, Jimmy Carter has been kicked down a flight of stairs that form a downward trend line on a large graph that is labeled,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man with an elephant head is in a hospital bed hooked to an intravenous line. On the elephant's head is a bandage labeled "Edwards landslide," and the chart at the foot of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" is holding under one arm a rolled up piece of paper that is labeled, "Bill to raise legislators' out-of-season expenses." With his other hand, he...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant and a donkey wearing suits stand near a brick wall looking up at windows set into the wall. Each carries a briefcase; the elephant's case is labeled "Returning...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An unhappy baby is in a stroller labeled "Recession." The baby's clothes and blanket are patched. The end of the stroller has a graph labeled "Economy" with a downward trend line. Two...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Two men in a biplane fly across a graph leaving a trend line labeled "'82 stock market." Below the plane is a second trend line that reads "'29 crash." The pilot says to the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan smiles and holds a holds a straw hat in one hand and a cane in the other. He stands on a movie set surrounded by filming equipment (clap board, microphone,...