From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large full moon shines low on the horizon just off the coast of Florida. Hotels are in the background; the beach and a palm tree are in the foreground. The moon's face [Nikita...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and another man walk between two groups of missiles that are pointed at each other. One group has U.S., and the other has the Soviet hammer and sickle. The man...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Lyndon Johnson, dressed as the captain of a ship, stands at the helm of the "U.S.S. Economy." He is steering the ship between the tips of two icebergs labeled "Recession" and...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A cow with an udder labeled "La. [Louisiana] milk prices" jumps over the moon. The earth is seen in the background, along with other planets and stars. The cartoon caption...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A rocket, part of which is painted with an American flag, is labeled "Inflation." The body of the rocket is fat and bulging instead of lean, and it is trying to rise from the...
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. President Jimmy Carter stands next to a table in a book shop with a dismayed look on his face. He has placed one hand on the corner of the table, and the other is propped on his...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A psychologist (or psychiatrist) drawn to resemble Sigmund Freud sits in a chair taking notes as he listens to his client (or patient), who is sitting in a chair across from...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A donkey and an elephant wearing Hussar uniforms pass one another at a gate in front of the White House. The brick entrance is labeled "1600 Pennsylvania Ave." Beside the donkey...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini and another Iranian man sit on the floor in front of a wall covered with tally marks. The wall is labeled "395th day," and the second man holds a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan carries a large cake on a platter in one hand as he walks on the descending line of a graph. The graph line is labeled "The economy," and the cake is labeled "One...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan looks at a large sign which shows an intricate maze labeled, "You are here...a new beginning."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Rising crime problem" sits on one corner of a large "Suggestion box" that is placed next to a wall under a sign that reads, "Southern Governors Conference." A...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A family watches a large vulture labeled "Interest rates" as it flies away with their house and car.
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as an eye doctor, is pointing to a board with the letters that spell "Israel's right to exist." The letters are arranged like those on an eye chart, with...
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...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. In the foreground is a bomb decorated with an upside down American flag and labeled "Another hike in the debt ceiling." In the background, Ronald Reagan and the Republican...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A large man labeled "Violent crime" holding a handgun is on hands and knees behind a government building with a tall tower. In the foreground, Louisiana Governor Dave Treen,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Chrysler" wearing a patched suit holds out an empty mug like someone begging for money. He stands next to a car, in front of which is a sign that reads "More help...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen sits at his desk telling reporters, "February 1st I'm off and running for re-election." Outside a man [Edwin Edwards] in a polka dot suit runs by saying, "...
