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. 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. A bear dressed in a uniform labeled, "Soviet threat" reads a sign that says, "Keep out of Middle East--this means you...U.S., Israel military pact."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bird nest box mounted on top of a wooden post has the facade of the White House. A sign attached to the post reads, "Be kind to your ruffled-feathered friend." The cartoon...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A bull labeled, "Stock market optimism" has a ring in its nose labeled "Economic good news." The bull has butted Ronald Reagan into the air. Reagan is labeled, "Popularity low."...
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. A large box labeled "$11 billion foreign aid" is floating in a stream and is nearly to the edge of a waterfall labeled, "Spending cuts." Ronald Reagan is on one side of the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A line of people stand outside a building near a sign that reads "Unemployment office." From three windows on the second floor of the building, two men and a bull can be seen....
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. A man [Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill?] labeled "Demo. House" is dressed as the Easter Bunny and is digging a hole beside a tree on the lawn of the White House. A large basket...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "EPA rules reversal" rolls a 55-gallon drum labeled with "Hazardons liquid wastes." The drum has a skull and crossbones image on the end and is leaking some of its...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man labeled "Security's Clark" [William P. Clark] stands in front of Ronald Reagan's desk holding a large book titled, "Crash course in world affairs." Reagan says, "I've got...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man sits at a bar. He has a cigarette in his hand. On the bar are a pack of cigarettes, an empty shot glass with spilled liquor, and a bottle. Ronald Reagan and David Stockman...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man wearing a large pin above the medals on his suit stands next to a replica of a Soviet missile. The missile has a Soviet hammer and sickle symbol and the word,...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A nervous Ronald Reagan is being squeezed between a rock labeled "Budget deficit" and a military tank with the barrel of the gun pointed at his face. Reagan is using a handsaw...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A slim man with the head of a donkey is dressed in shabby, patched clothes, and he holds a newspaper with a headline, “The Conoco story.” A much larger man with an elephant...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An 18 cent stamp has a picture of Uncle Sam wearing a very snug belt. The stamp reads, "Belt-tightening in Washington." The cartoon caption reads, "Commemorative issue."
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elderly man labeled "Budget cuts...Tax cuts" is holding an ear trumpet to his year. Ronald Reagan is yelling into the trumpet, "I said I'm considering..." then whispers, "tax...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant (man) wears a suit and stands at a podium labeled "Senate forum." A large button on the man's coat is labeled "This is Ron's year," and he holds a sign labeled...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant is dressed in a military uniform and carries a rifle labeled, "Nov. elections" and a large rucksack labeled, "Reaganomics." He stands before a desk where Ronald...