Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, 1993

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Summary: Bush vs. Clinton vs. Perot in the 92 Election. Enough said.
Review: The thing to keep in mind is that with each edition of the "Best Editorial Cartoons fo the Year," the year under satirical review is the one before. So the 1993 Edition features the fun and games from the 1992 election year. Include in this book are close to 400 editorial cartoons representing not only left-wing and right-wing points of view but also the middle of the bird. Consequently, George Bush, Bill Clinton and Ross Perot all come in for their fair share of artistic ridicule, usually at the same time. There are a few efforts that suggest praise, but they are few and far between.

Obviously the 1992 presidential campaign and the phenomenon of Ross Perot's independent candidacy was the primary source of dozens of great cartoons. But there was also the continuing chaos in the former Soviet Union, the starvation in Somalia, the ethnic cleansing in Bosnia, the Rodney King riots in Los Angeles, the usual inedptitude by Congress, public scandals involving Mike Tyson and Woody Allen, and the economy (stupid). Also included are the year's major award-winning cartoons so that you know what editorial cartoonists think are the best examples of their work.

Usually the fun in reading these volumes is in taking a walk down memory lane and remembering what was going on in 1992, but a lot of the fun and games are still fresh in my memory. Election years are like that for some reason. Go figure. The other fun part is that in addition to see the work of your personal favorites (Jeff MacNelly, Mike Peters, and Paul Conrad) and pick up see new names to add to that list (Mike Luckovich and Milt Priggee). However, I assume that their are contractual reasons that would explain why not a single Pat Oliphant cartoon appears in these pages.