Herblock

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Herblock was a renowned American political cartoonist whose sharp, influential editorial cartoons shaped public discourse throughout the mid-20th century.

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instanceOf American cartoonist ⓘ
editorial cartoonist ⓘ
person ⓘ
political cartoonist ⓘ
awardReceived National Medal of Arts ⓘ
Presidential Medal of Freedom ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning ⓘ
Reuben Award ⓘ
birthName Herbert Lawrence Block ⓘ
causeOfDeath respiratory failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1909-10-13 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2001-10-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Lake Forest College (attended, did not graduate) ⓘ
employer Chicago Daily News ⓘ
Newspaper Enterprise Association ⓘ
The Washington Post ⓘ
linked to: Washington Post
familyName Block ⓘ
fieldOfWork journalism ⓘ
politics ⓘ
visual arts ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre political satire ⓘ
givenName Herbert ⓘ
hasInfluencedDiscipline editorial cartooning standards in U.S. newspapers ⓘ
hasPartInCollection Library of Congress Herblock Collection ⓘ
linked to: Herblock
hasSignatureStyle use of heavy black lines and strong visual metaphors ⓘ
influenced American public opinion on mid-20th-century politics ⓘ
later generations of editorial cartoonists ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement American political cartooning ⓘ
notableFor commentary on civil rights ⓘ
criticism of McCarthyism ⓘ
criticism of the Vietnam War ⓘ
environmental advocacy through cartoons ⓘ
opposition to political corruption ⓘ
notableWork Watergate-era political cartoons ⓘ
cartoons criticizing Senator Joseph McCarthy ⓘ
political cartoons for The Washington Post ⓘ
occupation author ⓘ
editorial cartoonist ⓘ
political cartoonist ⓘ
periodOfActivity late 20th century ⓘ
mid-20th century ⓘ
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.
pseudonym Herblock ⓘ
residence Washington, D.C., United States ⓘ
linked to: Washington, D.C.

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Herblock → pseudonym → Herblock ⓘ
Herblock → hasPartInCollection → Library of Congress Herblock Collection ⓘ
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Block → usedBy → Herbert Block ⓘ
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Herbert Lawrence Block → subjectOf → Herblock’s History: Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millennium ⓘ
linked to: Herblock
Herbert Lawrence Block → subjectOf → Herblock: A Cartoonist’s Life ⓘ
linked to: Herblock