What annual event does the cartoon depict?
How can you tell? Where is it held?
In what form does presidential candidate Rudy Giuliani “participate” in the event?
Explain to a partner what Luckovich is saying about Giuliani’s view of himself and his past experience.
Do you agree? Why, or why not?
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-02” author: “Curtis Gunn”
How would you describe each one’s emotions?
What is going on in the cartoon?
What is the cartoonist’s point?
Take a look at the Newsweek Education Program’s Political Cartoon resource if you need some help. Pay particular attention to the sections on symbols and irony.
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-19” author: “Debra Purcell”
Discuss what you already know about the Hollywood writer’s strike and about Fred Thompson’s presidential candidacy.
How is Thompson connected to Hollywood?
What was his relationship to the industry’s screenwriters?
Discuss what larger point cartoonist Mike Luckovich might be making about the role of writers in all areas of public discourse.
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-06” author: “Alan Castillo”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-23” author: “Nellie Haupt”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-21” author: “Inez Givens”
Who is Pacman Jones?
Who was Sean Taylor?
Read “The Search for Thugs” (page 50).
Do you think the cartoonist would agree with Raina Kelley’s analysis? Why or why not?
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-15” author: “Barbara Peters”
What is it? Who conducted last week’s event? How do you know? Who are the people behind him? For President George W. Bush, what was notable about this year’s address? What is at stake? Why might Luckovich think he was just “going through the motions?” Review a transcript of the president’s address. Do you agree with Luckovich’s assessment? Why, or why not? Express your opinion in a cartoon of your own or in a classroom blog posting.
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Travis Derringer”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-26” author: “Joy Barth”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-26” author: “Robert Beard”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-04” author: “Connie Fuller”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-27” author: “Beverly Johnson”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-03” author: “Cathy Riles”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-29” author: “Dolores Pulis”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-04” author: “Jason Lowin”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-10” author: “Jennifer Crockette”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-12” author: “Helen Marinas”
- Study the cartoonist’s characterizations of Bush and McCain. What do you notice about the drawing of the president? How does it compare with the depiction of McCain? What might Luckovich be saying about the president’s status in the last year of his term? Share your thoughts in a class discussion.
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-13” author: “Mary Moody”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-23” author: “Lakisha Gulke”
Editorial cartoonists often use irony—or an incongruity between what you might expect and what actually happens—to make a point. Read the story “Roger Dodger vs. the Feds” (page 10). Together, discuss: Why might the FBI investigate Roger Clemens? How did this situation develop?
Now, return to the cartoon. What point do you think Wright is trying to make?
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2023-01-31” author: “Jarvis Wilks”
title: “Tooning In” ShowToc: true date: “2022-12-20” author: “Helen Gillette”
What are some people calling him?
Why does it bother him? Who is the figure on the right?
How do you know?
What play on words does that figure make?
What point is the cartoonist making?
Whom is he criticizing?
For what?
