From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Jimmy Carter is dressed in a long nightshirt labeled "1980" and holds a scythe (a la grim reaper). He is packing boxes in the Oval Office. In the center of the cartoon is a file cabinet...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man dressed in an oversized superhero costume labeled "Soviet military" flies down toward a telephone phone booth in the upper half of the cartoon. In the lower half, the man walks...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A van labeled "Carter admn" is at the side of the road in a barren landscape, apparently out of gasoline. The van is decorated in camoflage coloring and has "LUV" on the driver's door....
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is turning his head left and right so fast he appears to have two faces. The U.S. Capitol dome is seen over one shoulder. Looking to the left, Reagan is saying, "Grant tax...
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 Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ernest Morial, Ron Faucheux, and Bill Jefferson, dressed in running clothes, are racing through New Orleans. They are at a corner next to a brick building, and the city skyline can be...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Santa Claus flies a biplane and waves. A wreath is on the plane's rudder. The cartoon caption is "Merry Christmas," formed from the plane's exhaust.
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisana Governor Dave Treen christens a cement block labeled "New bridge cornerstone" and "Cost estimate $575 million." A large man wearing a construction helmet and labeled...
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 Collection; Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Lobbyists" is presenting a horse labeled "Gifts OK'd by state board of ethics" to a man labeled "Legislature." The lobbyist says, "You no longer even have to look inside...
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 Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Menachem Begin is building a platform on a wooden structure that extends outward from planet Earth. The earth is seen as a globe with latitude and longitude lines, and other planets in...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A strong, healthy-looking man labeled "Nat'l economy" sits on a stool, looking pleased with himself. He is dressed in slacks and shoes but not a shirt, and he holds up his left arm to...
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 Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is leading a horse labeled "New racing commission" along a race track. Behind Treen is a building with a pennant labeled "La. [Louisiana] racing." The...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, wearing a train engineer's cap, drives a long train, the engine of which is labeled "Recession line." George H. W. Bush, also wearing an engineer's cap, is in the engine...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A small girl, walking and holding a schoolbook under one arm, is being followed by a white lamb labeled "Desegregation school days." The girl and lamb are looking back over their...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A Saudi business man in raditional robes sits on a chair outside his gas station. The sign above the building reads "Saudi service." In front of him are gasoline pumps and a sign...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Legislature" stands beside a car that has crashed into a tree beside a road. The car is labeled "Speeding bills" and is very badly damaged. A sign beside the road is...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Leonid Brezhnev and Fidel Castro, holding shotguns, are reading a sign attached to the trunk of a palm tree. The tree trunk is labeled "Central America," and the sign reads "No...