The Cartoons That Don't Make It to Print
A new collection of censored cartoons reveals what doesn't make it onto the editorial page. David Wallis assembled the collection Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression. He discusses what happens to cartoons that are deemed too controversial or offensive for print.
David Wallis, author, Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression
Examples of "Killed" Cartoons:
A 2001 cartoon by J.P. Trostle parodied a plan to tighten security for a Chapel Hill, N.C., Halloween street party in response to the events of Sept. 11.
This Reagan-as-Nixon cartoon was drawn by Milt Priggee in 1987 in response to public debate comparing the Iran-Contra scandal to Watergate.
Cartoonist Graeme Mackay says his 2005 cartoon depicting Pope John Paul II's ascent to heaven was not run because it was deemed "too whimsical."
Excerpted by permission from Killed Cartoons: Casualties from the War on Free Expression, edited by David Wallis, W.W. Norton & Company, © 2007.
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